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Industrial Scene Hayle. from slide

This image shows a workplace where wooden casks or barrels were manufactured. The eleven workers were known as Coopers. These casks were used to hold both dry and wet goods.
Casks like these were used locally in Newlyn to pack 'Cornish…

German Engine

Various Clergy including Bishop of Truro

Individual woman

Individual woman

same neg as 194, same size

probably on a visit to London in 1978

index to Dr Fergusons photos of Penzance stored on Hard Drive.

Index to collection of Chirgwin photos in Archive room to be found in Penzance box.

The Russian barque, Indefatigable wrecked on the January 22nd 1910 at St. Mawes Castles.

After being weather-bound at Falmouth for a week, she left harbour on January 22nd heading for Cardiff, in tow with the tug Challenge. Off Land's End the sea…

General view.
Hand written message to the reverse of the card to a recipient in New Cross, London

Overview with Fisherfolk residents

Beryl Richards (on the left) sitting at a desk in the telephone exchange with another lady leaning over the desk.

The grave of the 23 men lost from the Liverpool ship 'Khyber' in 1905. The bronze memorial plate is located in St Levan church yard, underneath the tower on the left of the main door.

The plate reads:

In Memoriam
Captain Henry Rotary and crew…