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Two photographs of a house. It is known that Barbara's family lived at 31 Belgravia Street, Penzance so this could be a photograph of their home.

View of a distant bridge

View looking down Market Jew Street. On the left. Lloyds Bank / Market House, on the right Symons chemist, Peasgoods for many years and now a charity shop. Below is the Star Inn and what is now COOP , smaller shops and the large Post Office Building.

Relief boat takes keepers and stores to Wolf Rock, the steamer Satellite cannot get close enough

Unloading fishing boats.
Penzance in the distance.
Bodillys Mill and the serpentine works at Wherrytown.

Stores being hauled onto Lighthouse from Relief Boat Steamer Satellite in background

View from thre summit of Carn Brea.

In the foreground is the cleared site of the houses of the Navy Inn, demolished in 1939 that inspired the petition to Westminster in October 1937. Well documented. Building of the new Navy Inn flats started around 1953. Many people who previously…

Both harbour walls are existing which indicates the date is at least 1895 but before 1905 when the harbour road was built. The harbour is full of sailing vessels.
Top, small white building, top central is Penzer House. The large row below, top…

Showing the Old Pier and Green Rocks. The construction work had just started on the South Pier (built 1885).
The chimney stack of the Tolvadden Copper mine can just be seen in the left of the picture.
Building just right is the early Ice…

In view is the fish market and ice works. The vessel under the cover is the lifeboat "Elizabeth & Blanche' when she was stationed under the cliff from 1909-1913; 1913 she was moved to the new station house at Penlee near Mousehole. This section of…

View from the old Beef Carcass Market looking towards the Meat Market " Edward Richards Album p30. Now Simpsons Shop and Arcade showing Borough Coat of Arms John the Baptists Head on

The view is across to Street-an-Nowan to the fish market, the harbour offices and the Tolcarne behind. The end of the Old (Medieval) Pier can be seen in the bottom right.