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View from Bowjey Hill, Newlyn Town, over Newlyn Harbour towards Penzance.
North and South piers have been built, tall ships are alongside piers before motors introduced. Houses in the foreground were demolished c 1939 under the Clearance Scheme. Replacement flats built in 1953/54. No houses built on the new road area.…
Vessel in view is the Cretehill, an old coal storage tank.
Cretehill was used for refuelling steam powered, visiting East coast drifters amongst others. It was badly damaged by a German air attack in May 1941. Refloated and towed away in 1949. The vessel behind and moored alongside the Newlyn North Pier is…
Scene is Gwavas Road near St Peter's Hill, Newlyn
Celebration of the laying of the foundation stone of Newlyn Centenary Primitive Methodist Church. Some thatched cottages were demolished to make way for this building (see JDC 358 for the established building).
Cost at the time was £5,047. Still in…
Cost at the time was £5,047. Still in…
Always referred to as 'Factory Row', was at the rear of Navy Inn, Newlyn Town.
Demolished at the same time as the 'Clearances' (1938-39).
Not sure if is was actually a factory, but more likely to be a term used by the locals.
Rare picture to see in isolation. Can be identified in larger Newlyn Town views.
Not sure if is was actually a factory, but more likely to be a term used by the locals.
Rare picture to see in isolation. Can be identified in larger Newlyn Town views.
View from Bowjey Hill, Newlyn Town, across to the North Pier
The Western Green in the foreground is the cleared site of Navy Inn homes demolished in 1939 (similar to JDC 365).
The square block house in the right bottom corner is the public air raid shelter created during WW2.
The large vessel in the harbour…
The square block house in the right bottom corner is the public air raid shelter created during WW2.
The large vessel in the harbour…
Steam drivers 'bucket' dredger working behind the South Pier at Newlyn
From time to time, the dredger would visit Newlyn, operating inside the harbour and nearby. Dredged material was tipped into a barge alongside; when full, it was towed well down into Mount's Bay and dumped on shoal ground.
This is a Rare photo!
This is a Rare photo!
Church event with a group of people outside the front of Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel, Boase Street, Newlyn Town.
Man holding the books is the Rev. R.F. Wearmouth. Child being held is young Harvey Dick Richards, later well known local teacher and sportsman (Rugby, etc).
The South Pier at Newlyn with the lighthouse.
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.…
A Mother sitting with young Man standing alongside.
A Mother sitting with young Man standing alongside.
Clan Malcom
Press Cutting: Telegraph, 1935-11-05
View from the top of Bowjey over Newlyn harbour looking towards Penzance showing the North and South piers.
In the foreground is the cleared site of the houses of the Navy Inn, demolished in 1939 that inspired the petition to Westminster in October 1937. Well documented. Building of the new Navy Inn flats started around 1953. Many people who previously…
Procession of children, all girls, in Newlyn, occasion unknown.
View of girls procession at the corner of a building at Fore Street, at the 'Green' opposite lower Green Street.
Mark on print top left is straight from the negative.
Refer to JDS 359, centre top left to see the building as is.
Mark on print top left is straight from the negative.
Refer to JDS 359, centre top left to see the building as is.
Entrance to St Peters Hill at junction with Fore Street, Newlyn Town.
Most of these buildings were demolished, area is now Newlyn Town car park. Note: Far right, front, out of sight, led to the much pictured 'Primrose Court' - see early postcards., This area closed around 1953-54, much later than the Navy Inn area then…
Anti Vietnam War demonstration London 1968
Written on the front of the print by Serena Wadham:
'Anti Nixon Demo'
'Anti Nixon Demo'
View from the 'Green', Newlyn Town, across the South Pier.
One of the Stevenson & Sons 75 foot trawlers on the repair slip. A stone 'coaster' waiting in the bay. Gill nets drying on the railings at the roadside, Fore Street, Newlyn.
Elderly Henry Kitchen, fisherman with his fiddle, much photographed and painted. Newlyn, 1903-1905
Henry Kitched appears on many postcards, etc. Appears in the Newlyn School Forbes' painting 'The Lighthouse'.
Played the fiddle and led a small musical group at Boase Street Primitive Methodist Chapel about 1905.
Played the fiddle and led a small musical group at Boase Street Primitive Methodist Chapel about 1905.
The South Pier at Newlyn, 1973 estimate
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…
Foreground in the old medieval harbour at Newlyn Town, 1940-1945 estimate.
View across to the cliff at Newlyn Town. Small boats around at about half tide; most have motors fitted by now. Fishermen's House Pub at top, centre. Building to the far right incorporated fish tanks; now all area cleared to a grassy bank.
Group of ladies pictured with Rev. Frank Hull, names of ladies listed on bottom of photo, 1929.
All members of Newlyn Centenary Primitive Methodist Church at Gwavas Road, Newlyn, TR18 5LX. Taken soon after building of the church in 1927 at a cost of £5,047.
Estimate picture taken in 1929. Built on the site of previous old thatched…
Estimate picture taken in 1929. Built on the site of previous old thatched…
Three schoolchildren, boy, girl and older sister
Three schoolchildren, boy, girl and older sister