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Ready for a swim

Reading Room and Stocks Looe.
A pair of Stocks are set into the gable above the entrance.

On December 31st, 1919, the British steel cargo ship RAVENSHOE, built in 1899 by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. and owned at the time of her loss by Orders & Handford S.S. Co. Ltd., on voyage from Lisboa to Barry in ballast, was wrecked in a…

On the 29th September 1976, the Romanian fish-factory ship wrecked at Seven Stones. The vessel later sank but all the crew were rescued.

On the 29th September 1976, the Romanian fish-factory ship wrecked at Seven Stones. The vessel later sank but all the crew were rescued.

RANSOMES Threshing Machine

Same location as IND 16PG 070

Ramsey George Gibb, Caldwells 1st. cousin, was born in London in 1861, the son of George Gibb and Constance Amelia Browne.
He was unmarried and died in 1927 aged 66.
See also CHA 135.

Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash. Raising the second span section in position in 1858. The section was raised at about 3 feet at a time and the masonry was built up to take the weight of each section which was estimated to be approximately 1,000 tons.