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A view along Penzance's promenade and sea wall, with the Queen's Hotel and St. Mary's Church tower in the distance. People walking on the Prom and the sea wall.

A view along Penzance's promenade (aka esplanade) and sea wall, with the Queen's Hotel and St. Mary's Church tower in the distance. People along the Prom and sea wall.
Postcard was sent to M... (and) M...Lewis, Quarry Bank, Tunbridge, Kent. Dated…

A view along Penzance's promenade and sea wall, with the Queen's Hotel and St. Mary's Church tower in the distance. People standing and walking along the Prom and sea wall.
Card addressed to a recipient at the County Police Station, Camelford,…

Sent to Mrs. C. Harry from her daughter Lillian.

Postcard with title "Rough Sea on the breakwater Brad Head, Isle of Man" in left bottom corner. There is no message and it had not been posted.

Postcard with an embroidery of a flower basket with purple and red flowers, with a banner below reading "To my Dearest".
One of the "Broderie d'Art" series by Raphael Tuck & Sons 763.
It has no message.

A photographic postcard depicting a man eating limpets with the caption, "Eat limpets and live. Everything all kiff with Cousin Jack". "All Kiff" was a common term used by miners when writing home from abroad. It is thought to have been a distorted…

The caption reads: 'In Morrab Gardens, Penzance. I am quite fascinated by the "surroundings" here.

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…

"When was Camborne? When Redruth presented Parwith Double boys." These cards were popular in Cornwall and Devon during the first two decades of the 20th century.

Reproduction of a postcard grin the First and Last Inn in Land's End showing words to old song thought to have originated about 1910.

Blackbird Song

Oi knows where that blackbird be,
Oi knows where ee be .. (bu---r)

Ee Be in Yon wurzel…

Postcard of a Dutch house, with two women and a young girl, also labelled National Gallery and Pieter de Hoogh.

Postcard New Harbour Road horse and Fish Cart people fishermen.
NO IMAGE PRESENT

Postcard Morrab Road c1900 old Pram.
NO IMAGE PRESENT

Postcard Market Jew looking up towards the Market House and the Chemist Symonds later Peasegoods.
NO IMAGE PRESENT

Postcard Hill's Hotel at the Lizard buses AF 66 AF 64 car AF 16? people.
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A postcard to Lottie Phillips from their nephew

On the back is written:

Dear Aunty Lottie
as I am down on Lamorna Beach for the first time
I thought I would send you a. P.C, hope you will like it
Hope you are well
We are coming by…