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Miss Rowen Cade Founder of Minack Theatre building and developing it

Penzance County School for Boys, New School Trophy
The new champion house trophy given to the school by Mrs Harding Williams. It is the work of Australian sculptor Barbara Tribe and symbolises the various activities for which house points are…

Penzance County School for Boys Staff 1911-1912
At back: W.M. Lewis, L. Webb
Seated: F.N. Hodson, W.E. Williams, H.E. Richardson, G.L. Bradley (H.M), A.C.F. Dolben, J.C. Hodgson, C.R. Clemo
[J.C. Hodgson was killed in action at Galipoli in 1915]

Penzance County School for Boys Form IV Spring 1912
Back row: Bolitho, Ferris, J. Roberts, R.V. Care, Clift, Beale, Glanville
Middle row: Oats, James, Strick, Birch, Crocker, Farmer, Pengelly, Reseigh, Trudgeon
Front row: Thomas, Cara, Nisbet, Mr.…

Torrey Canyon helpers were accommodated in the Fishermen's Mission.

Penzance County School for Boys Form V Spring 1912
Seated: E.A. Roberts, L.J. Richards, A. G. Harrison, Mr. H.E. Richardson, D. Tregenza, W.A. Jenkins, F. Rodda In front: E. Taylor

A good study of a private of the DCLI in 1914 Service uniform with swagger stick stood in front of a Bell tent, location unknown

A group photograph of six Privates of the 4th (Territorial) Battalion DCLI in camp, location unknown. Their unit can be indentified by the legend on the box that one of the soldiers is sat on

4th Battalion DCLI soldiers marching in fours down Market Jew Street Penzance

Parade of the 4th Battalion DCLI, behind a local band down Market Jew Street, Penzance. With a written message and date 11th August 1914 in ink to the reverse

Comic postcard sent to a recipient in St James Street Penzance from a soldier waiting for discharge in May 1919. Of interest is the Army Censors Stamp with the message to the reverse of the postcard