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Pilot who flew aeroplanes to Isles of Scilly
Captain Dunstan was killed on a flight to the scillies we don't have a date for this
Coxswain of the Sennen lifeboat
The Coxswain of the Sennen lifeboat standing on the slipway with the harbour behind. Coxswain named as Edwin Chapple but with a query after
Studio portrait of Grand Bard of Cornish Gorsedd
Similar photograph to 21HF 203
An unidentified young man in polo neck sweater
Thought to be member of Penzance Operatic Society
Coxswain Sennen Lifeboat 62 year old Cornishman
Report in 'The Cornishman' from 14/11/1992 in the '25 Years Ago' section, quoting a story from the newspaper from 1964:
"A five-minute rescue has earned Henry Nicholas coxswain of the Sennen Lifeboat, the bronze clasp of the Royal National…
"A five-minute rescue has earned Henry Nicholas coxswain of the Sennen Lifeboat, the bronze clasp of the Royal National…
Jack Worth, Coxswain Penlee Lifeboat
Portrait of Jack Worth, coxswain of Penlee Lifeboat.
Unknown old gentleman smoking pipe
Portrait of elderly man wearing cap, smoking pipe.
Mayor of Penzance Richard Pearce Couch
A portrait of Richard Pearce Couch, Mayor of Penzance 1898-1899.
Unknown Person
Portrait of unknown man in woollen cap, checked shirt and dungarees.
Richard Trevithick the 6ft Cornish Giant
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…
Dorothy Rowena Cade Founder Minack Theatre
Dorothy Rowena Cade, founder of the Minack Theatre.
PREVREF 1499 duplicate photo
PREVREF 1499 duplicate photo
Portrait of Rowena Cade founder of Minack Theatre
Rowena Cade, pictured at age 80 at the Minack Theatre. This photograph is one of a collection which was used in a London-published magazine feature in 1975, written and illustrated by Richard Angove.
Rowena Cade age 80 Founder of Minack Theatre
Rowena Cade, founder of the Minack Theatre, is pictured at the age of 80 by one of the Celtic patterned crosses she designed and executed during her 50 years of work in creating the theatre.
George Jackson Churchward Chief Engineer GRW
George Jackson Churchward. Born at Stoke Gabriel near Totnes in 1957, died on 19th December 1933 when struck by a South Wales express train near his Swindon home. He was apprentice engineer to the South Devon railway from Totnes Grammar School. When…
George Jackson Churchward Chief Engineer GWR
Devon-born George Jackson Churchyard, Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway, started with South Devon Railway in 1896, retired 1921 and was killed on the line at Swindon in 1933. He was a designer of engines and boilers.
The Three Survivors from the wrecked Khyber
The Khyber was a Liverpool ship which wrecked with a loss of 23 lives close to Porthole Cove, south of Lands End on March 15, 1905, carrying grain from Australia to Falmouth.
Picture are John Willis, Harris and Johnson. The rest of the crew buried…
Picture are John Willis, Harris and Johnson. The rest of the crew buried…