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Petrol Station and Morris Motors agent. Situated formerly opposite the Railway Station at the beginning of Chyandour Cliff. The building no longer exists on this site, now the site of modern flats

Formerly known as the Norway Store were ice was stored imported from Norway. The building is situated at the start of the Harbour Road, Street-An-Nowan, Newlyn

The Cromdale came ashore at at Bass Point, after a one hundred and twenty-dour day journey from Taltal, Chile with a cargo of Nitrates. She was already a week overdue at Falmouth when, nearing the Lizard, she ran into dense fog on the evening of May…

The Queen Margaret was one of the only two British ships ever to carry three skysails and her reputation for speed, grace, and good treatment of crews was legendary among seafarers.

When she left Barry docks in July 1912 with a cargo of coal for…

The Queen Margaret was one of the only two British ships ever to carry three skysails and her reputation for speed, grace, and good treatment of crews was legendary among seafarers.

When she left Barry docks in July 1912 with a cargo of coal for…

The 3,534-ton Greek collier Othon Stathatos of Ithaki lurched into St. Ives bows awash after striking the Three Stone Oar in April 1913.

Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Pan Books LTD, 1970), p.34.

The 3,534-ton Greek collier Othon Stathatos of Ithaki lurched into St. Ives bows awash after striking the Three Stone Oar in April 1913.

Description from Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The North Coast (London: Pan Books LTD, 1970), p.34.

Barclays Bank on the left

People in the doorway of the shop. Was next door to the old post office building in Market Jew Street

Grandfather of John Richards who opened what is now Archie Brown's health food shop and cafe.

Photo of an advertising bill. The site is now (2019) Cooperative Stores Queen's Square.
Molyneux's premises had marble-top counters , at night lit by chandeliers in 1820-1830. Molyneux bought shares in Penzance Consols set to reopen the Wherrytown…

Norman Nicholls in from of the shop opened by his father, Issac in 1934. Business closed on Norman's retirement in 1985. Issac ran a business at no. 43 from 1924.

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With a hand written message in ink to the reverse of the postcard to a recipient in Plymouth

Sailing Luggers at anchor in the Harbour

Tall ships in the harbour

Sepia style view of the harbour with the town in the background

General view

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Mounted on card

The Spanish steamer Setiembre was a a 2,171 ton net vessel, registered at Bilbao. Before it wrecked, the vessel was bound from Norman to Maryport with iron-ore on March 26th 1911. The vessel had lost her rudder and badly holed in her hull when she…