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Rex Whelan spring tooth harrowing at Towednack

Rex Whelan Turning Hay with Lady

Rex Whelan with seed fiddle for sowing.
Higher Trewey farm

The family also lived in Central City, Collorado

Richard and Little Billie

Richard Angove pictured at Porthcurno cable station (Cable & Wireless). This is a view of the cable chain control console. Teleprinters (Creed 75s), tape-readers and Creed Autos for monitoring purposes are centrally situated. Cable relay equipment is…

Richard Angove sitting at Supervisor's Desk at Cable & Wireless, Porthcurno, surrounded by equipment.

Portrait of Richard Chappell

Studio portrait, dressed in a dress as was the fashion then for little boys. Brother of William Chappell . CF.019
Born 4 August 1868.

Richard James Chappell as a boy, sitting on a horse, with a foal in the foreground, outside the family business laundry, on Jennings St, Penzance. Born 11.9.1902, died 12.9.1962.

written on the back of the print by serena Wadham:
"Richard Rodney Bennett Erie Allen (percussionist)"

Brother of Andrew. He also went to Colorado to mine.
Photographer: Gust. Appel, Central City, Colorado

Painting Richard Trevithick

Statue of Richard Trevithick.

A photo of an oil painting by John Linnell of Richard Trevithick, the 'Cornish Giant'. He was said to be over 6-feet tall with a powerful build. Like many, he did not shine academically at school but developed a broad practical knowledge of steam…

Slide reads "Penponds, Camborne, Trevithick's Childhood home"
Etching