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The Castleford was carrying 3000 tons of general cargo, including deal and wheat, as well as 460 head of cattle, 1 passenger and 18 cattle drovers. On Sunday 8 June 1887 the Castleford was underway in dense fog and at high water. Despite stopping to…

Albumen print.

Inscr. on mount, 'S/s "Ransome" - 1885- sunk at Penzance'.

Albumen print

The Russian stemaer, Aksai, was lost around White Island on November 2nd 1875. She was on passage from Cardiff to Odessa with coal. Fog blurred the outline of the Scillies, with Captain Boltine taking her along the north side of St Martins, only to…

The Minnehaha of Liverpool wrecked at Peninnis Head, between the point and Pulpit Rock on January 18th 1874.

This was the wooden, 845-ton vessel, was carrying a cargo of guano. Master Jones had reached Falmouth on January 16th 1874 from Peru. It…

He joined the newspaper team about 1984. Died 11 Nov 2004.
Photo taken in the Union Hotel by Trevor Burston.
Further information can be found in Martin Val Bakers memoirs. A chapter about the Peninsular voice is held with Peters photo at the…

Thatched cottage with two residents in the rose garden

Distinctive thatched building. Copy of painting?

Replacing the the thatch

A thatched roof building situated on Alverton Road near the top of Alexander Road. Picture dates to c. 1900

Situated opposite the First and Last public house

Situated at the top of Market Jew Street. Opened on June 14th, 1838

The present appears to be a cow feeding from a bucket being held by farmhand

Mr and Mrs Ivy from Marazion

Staff and van outside the post office.