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Penzance Station with group of men and stack of baskets possibly pigeons. 27.06.1910..

Father Christmas in sleigh with Mayor being towed from Penzance Station by Guides & Scouts.. This was then pulled through the town.

Photo of Sheila Richards 1955, age 18. Also a collection of photocopies of Penzance award winning swimming teams including water polo from around 1951-1955.

Switchboard Exams taking place at the Telephone Exchange 1969. Note the Christmas decorations .

Photograph of the switchboards at the Exchange, with Christmas cards all along the top.

Electrical equipment at the Exchange

Filing cabinets in the Exchange, with scales on the top

Equipment at the Exchange

Bank of meters at the Exchange

Switchboard at the Exchange

A telephone duty chart from the Exchange dated Non Season 1982/3

Sheet showing Rotation of Duties for the period Non Season 1982/83, w/c 25th September 82.
The names on the list are Richards, B., Harry L.M., Tanner W.S., Praed V.W., Harry J.O.B. Roberts J.C. (with a line drawn through it), Green R.E., Waters…

Photograph of Present/Proposed Schedule of Night Duties for Non Season 1982\83, week commencing 25th September 1982.

Photograph of the interior of the Exchange

Interior shot of the Telephone Exchange