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Lamorna Birch at Work and Fishing

The Sun Breaks Through The Morning Mist
From a Painting by Lamorna Birch
King Charles's Castle , Salcombe, Devon

Area is the Strand, Street-an-Nowan, showing a weigh bridge far left bottom, now discontinued. Buildings left to right are part of Chigwins Grocery Shop (now the Chinese takeaway), then The Swordfish Inn (previously the Union), then the Newlyn Co-op…

End of the railings is where the Mousehole bus from Penzance stops. All white buildings in the centre are gone. Now this is Newlyn car park, not to be confused with the other car park at St Peter's Hill, Newlyn Town. Note: the road looks as if there…

Later view of JDC 271. Building near the old bridge now rebuilt with shops below. Flooded by very high tides coming from the slipway on the right. Newlyn Bridge bus stop at the railings in foreground.

The Steam Swings, driven by a steam engine.

The Railway Station situated in the Chyandour Cliff area of the town

A general view of the Railway Station from Cliff Road

Duke Street, houses at the Square St Peter's Hill. Demolished.
Now Newlyn Town car park.
House top left is Penzer House.

Part of the Square , now part of Newlyn Town Car park

The steelwork 'gantry' is being installed to transport the Penlee Quary stone from the 'Bins' to the ships side (conveyor system). This replace the narrow gauge railway in use from about 1902. In far left corner is the slipway for repairing fishing…

Two Mounts Bay luggers leaving the harbour. The vessels appear to have St Ives registration numbers (SS). The South Pier was built in 1885 and lengthened by about 100 feet in 1914. The Tidal Observatory Hut was added next to the lighthouse in 1915.…

The South Aisle Melrose Abbey