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Detail of Map 81, sheet 44

Image showing men working as concrete is being poured. The image is annotated "Concrete being placed. Overflow weir section 1-1-60"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros, Penzance"

Written on the back of the print by Serena Wadham :
"Entering Powis Square, Notting Hill, just after it had been liberated on the 15th June 1968."

Foundry Square Chapel bought by Pratt Bros in 1960 run as an ex WD surplus store.

Praa Sands from the East

Coal & Sundry Goods distribution depot

A group of workmen at work pre-assembling the top of the Eddystone Rock Lighthouse.

Photo of a postcard featuring three children and a snowman in a snowy scene with the inscription, 'A merry Christmas'. Folded cards as we know them now did not emerge until the 1920s-'30s. This card, carrying a King Edward VII green half-penny stamp…

140x90mm. Novelty postcard. 'The Cream of the Views from Penzance'. Flap over picture of a pot of cream can be lifted to reveal concertina of miniature photographs of Penzance and the surrounding area. Photos look Victorian/Edwardian era. George V…

Prebendary Hedgeland. Vicar of St Marys Penzance

Prebendary P Hedgland portrait (neg) Morrab Library.

Management & Workers at lowering of Cast Cut Stone into final top section of Wolf prior to shipment to Reef in 1863. Final erection took approximately 8 years

Presentation of a bouquet and beribboned garden spade to the lady in the centre of the photograph. (Beryl Richards is standing third on the right looking behind her)

Leonora Trehair, manageress, presenting a cheque to a winner. The Ritz Cinema became a bingo hall in 1965, Mrs Trehair retired in 1966.

Leonora Trehair, on the right, manageress of Ritz Bingo Hall, Penzance presenting a prize.
Stamped on the reverse by Richards Brothers, Penzance.
Mrs Trehair was manageress from 1965-1966, before retiring.

Mr W Prodgers, District Manager, presenting Rosie Bottrell, usherette and cleaner, with an award, other staff looking on.