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Children's Big Wheel

The children's 'obby 'oss and teazer, Padstow May Day, 1980.

Children's Supercar Railroad roundabout

SEE MIN 8.082 & MIN 084

SEE MIN 8.083 & MIN 8.084

SEE MIN 8.082 & MIN 8.083

Chin Clay spoil. The image shows a track with a winding gear at the top. A man can be seen and also a small building set into the clay.

China Clay Dry

China Clay mining landscape " Taken from Pictorial Survey 11 " H G Ordish.

This image was taken in the St Austell/ Par 'Clay Country' area
In the foreground stands a worker standing on a plank holding a pole possibly to keep the waterway clear. Behind him is a large tripod which would have been used for heavy lifting.…

Typical mica waste tip near Nanpean. These unique cones of white sand gave the St Austell area its 'lunar landscape' tag. Prior to the big landscaping programme of the 1960s-70s. These could be seen by shipping in the western approaches. (Angove)

General view of a clay pit