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An underground photograph of the Condurrow Mine, Troon, Penwith with miner?

The gas showrooms, built in 1908, and demolished in the early 1960's. Designed by Oliver Caldwell.
The Chapel was built in 1807. After closure it became Knees department store.

Wrecked between Mousehole and Penzer Point

Salvage work in progress.
Wrecked between Mousehole and Penzer Point

Salvage work in progress.
Wrecked between Mousehole and Penzer Point.

Wrecked between Mousehole and Penzer Point.
Salvage operation.

Wrecked between Mousehole and Penzer Point

Wrecked between Mousehole and Penzer Point

Wrecked between Mousehole and Penzer Point 1977.
Photograph shows scrap on Penzance Pier June 1979

Wrecked between Mousehole and Penzer Point 1977.
Photograph shows scrap on Penzance Pier June 1979.

The MFV Conqueror was a modern freezer trawler built in 1965 by Hall, Russel & Co Ltd of Aberdeen, for the Northern Trawlers Company. By 1977 she had undergone a major refit to extend her freezer capacity, and left her home port of Hull to go…

There was never an explanation for the circumstances but the ship was a total wreck

Inclusion of gold. Sovereigns were still in daily use

Constance Amelia Browne was the maternal Aunt of Caldwell.
She was born on 10th March 1833 at Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, the eldest daughter of Henry Albert Browne and Frances Margaret Nicholson. Constance married George Gibb at Usselby,…