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SERV 24PG 084.tif
Photograph of an unidentified fireman, possibly based at the former fire station in Clarence Street, Penzance.

SERV 24QG 119.tif
Unknown fireman standing by fire engine no. 1 (FCV 637)

ACTS 19OF 042.tif
double neg. Exterior and gutted interior of hairdressing salon
Firemen,ladders . next to Saundry's.

ACTS 19CF 029.tif
Disastrous fire in Parker's Department Store.
In 2020, the Parkers building and the premises to its right is Boots Pharmacy. The Electricity premises is now Tesco Express; next on the right is Consol Tanning Studio and the building next to it with…

IND 8.007.tif
A general view of Standard Fireworks factory, showing the widely segregated huts designed to ensure that in the rare event of accident the trouble can be contained. (In 1988, Standard Fireworks was purchased by Black Cat Fireworks which brought an…

TRANS 30HF 057.tif
The first through train from London to Penzance pictured on MarazionWooden Viaduct constructed for West Cornwall Railway in 1851 damagedby heavy seas in February 1867 & January 1868 later protected by blocks of granite & finally replaced 1919/1921
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