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"Pulling Teeth"?

Lamorna Birch far right, Sir Robert Watson-Watt, radar pioneer standing next to him. Far left Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of Penicillin. At a garden party held by Ranald and Greta Valentine (art publisher) in Scotland.

Possibly Scotland

Lamorna was aged 84 at the time.

The larger picture is probably The Mersey, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1929.

Penzance County School for Boys 1935

Due to the size of the image, zooming in will result in pixelation.
You can visit the library on Thursday from 10:00 - 12:00 and request to see the full quality Tiff image.

A photograph showing the Coombe at Newlyn totally flooded during the 1894 floods.
Gibson Penzance appears in the bottom left hand corner

Photograph showing the aftermath of the flooding at Newlyn in 1894. The bridge across to St. Peter's Church has been partially destroyed and the photograph shows people standing on a replacement temporary bridge.
The name Gibson and Penzance is…

Middle-aged woman dressed in a suit

Middle aged woman, dressed in suit

Two photographs are shown on this page.
The first is of the Lizard Lighthouse, showing the two lanterns which were present at the time.
The second shows water cascading down a cliff face onto sand at an unknown location.