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Damage on Penzance promenade after Ash Wednesday storm of March 1962.

In the early hours of 23 January 1939 there was a Force 10 storm blowing with gusts of wind at 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). A large steamship was reported to be in trouble off Cape Cornwall but the Sennen Cove lifeboat could not be launched due to…

They were the winners of the Cornwall RFU in 1956. Beat Camborne 16-0.
Back Row L-R: Ray Burroughs, Geoff Vingoe, Cyril Rescorla, Charlie May.
Seated: Peter Michell, Jimmy Jenkins (c) Graham Paul

Children sitting talking.

Elderly Gent

Young Woman leaning on the back of a chair

Female Child

Elderly Gent

Portrait of Youngish Man

Portrait of a Man
Colour has been added

Woman sitting with Book

Young Woman by very ornate chair

Portrait of a Woman with velvet chair and young tree

Fishing Boats in Mounts Bay, Cornwall.
taken from "Mates Illustrated Penzance"
(Corporation Official Guide)

Cornish Fish Woman.
taken from "Mates Illustrated Penzance"
(Corporation Official Guide)

Bosava Mill. Lamorna near Penzance, Cornwall.
taken from "Mates Illustrated Penzance"
(Corporation Official Guide)

West Cornwall Flower Farming.
Taken from "Mates Illustrated Penzance"
(Corporation Official Guide)

Western Hotel ,Clarence Street, Penzance.
Taken from " Mates Illustrated Penzance.
(Corporation Official Guide)

They moved to Polwithen House in 1918. Later known as The School of St. Clare then Bolitho School.
Written on the back "Mrs Anne Evans, right back, dark clothes. Would guess taken about 1892. Mrs Evans born 1878"

Penzance Church of England High School for Girls showing 2 Tennis Courts with scholars playing