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Cornish Range or Slab O N 41.

Known locally as a "Slab", the one in the picture was situated in 43 Medrose Terrace, Penzance. home of the Orchard family

West Penwith, multi view

Loco 7031 built in 1950 for £11,640 & scrapped after 150000 miles, 1963

The Bolitho Gardens, situated at the Newlyn end of Penzance, with St. Michael's Mount in the background.
Hand written message to the reverse of the card to a recipient in Farnham, Surrey

Seaweeds 'prepared and mounted with care' by Henry Heath glen to My Herbert Thomas, Editor of the Cornishman 18th October 1917. Given to Morrab Library by Mr Thomas May 1953
Page 16 Deesseria sinuous; phycodrys rubens

Seaweeds 'prepared and mounted with care' by Henry Heath glen to My Herbert Thomas, Editor of the Cornishman 18th October 1917. Given to Morrab Library by Mr Thomas May 1953
Page 23 Dosya coccinea; Heterosiphonia plumose

A Cornish stamp battery. A stamp battery is a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores.

A Cornish stamp battery. A stamp battery is a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores. This type of stamping machinery which would have contributed…

Cornish Supply Stores , Penzance.
from "Mates Illustrated Penzance "
(Corporation Official Guide)

View of Cornish wrestlers in a hold with referees , an audience in a marquee in the background.

Extract from Archaeological Book