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Built at Copperhouse Hayle in 1852

St Agnes Brass Band

Birthplace of Bob Fitzsimmons, World Heavyweight Champion Bare Knuckle Boxer.

Penzance Lifebuoy Series. Inset shows Fountain in Morrab Gardens.

This type of card with its many variations was the forerunner of the more usual traditional 'comic' seaside card. It was produced and sold at most seaside resorts during the first…

The Major Oak tree in Sherwood Forest (Nottinghamshire). Oak trees here are said to date from mediaeval times or even Norman times. This tree, hollow inside with room for a small group of people, is near the village of Edwinstowe. The church in the…

An unnumbered Frith postcard (printed in Saxony as many of them were). One of a variety of this type to be found in old collections. This card titled 'A few lines from Dear Old Cornwall' is a mock letter written in Cornish dialect with a blank for…

Copy of a postcard designed by A.E. Philip around the turn of the century. They were printed by various card manufacturers. This particular cars is Frith's No 6370B and was posted at Newquay in 1913.

The message written on the postcard includes…

"A Cornishman's Mascot" - a rather crusty looking pasty tied by fancy cord to a horseshoe. Incidentally, the horseshoe is hung upside down, allowing the luck to pour out. Frith Card postmarked Truro 1921

Postcard depicting couple at a railway station looking at a sign advertising 'Cornish Riviera'. Text of poem 'Jan and Jane's Holiday' reads:

"The Carnish Riv-reera! Well, Jane!!
I wonder what that there do mane?
It do seem some queer;
Let's…

Couple embracing on path in Morrab Gardens

A series of photos showing the building of a Cornish hedge and garden.

Old Man sitting by open hearth. Cooking Utensils Ornaments on MantelFurniture

Copy of a touched up post card

Old Man sitting by open hearth. Cooking utensils Ornaments on Mantel Furniture

A colour photo of the Calstock Viaduct and landing stage on the River Tamar with a few boats.

Reproduced from a postcard found in a purchased collection. The postcard is in mint condition and carries no inscription of any kind to help in tracing the origin of the photo. The inscription on the base-plate is, as far as can be seen, SMITH'S…

REPRODUCTION TORN FROM A BOOK