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Studio portrait senior police officer

Overview

A photograph of Sennen harbour, taken in September 1896, showing a number of fishermen and their boats. The round building was originally built in 1876 to house the capstan wheel that was used to winch boats up the harbour slipway.
There are…

Sennen 'bulking' the Pilchards

Before Breakwater was built

Sennen Breakwater, stormy weather with fishing boats on the slipway

Sennen Church by Preston.
Grid reference, SW3570 2551
For further information see Historic Environment Record, https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCO6430&resourceID=1020

A general view of the Church at Sennen Cove, near Lands End

Sennen Cove with the sweep of the beautiful Whitesands Bay in the background

Overview of Sennen Cove and Bay

Overview of Sennen Village and Bay.
With a hand written message in ink to the
reverse of the postcard to a recipient in St. Ives, Cornwall

Overview from the West

Sennen Cove. The image shows the use of a Seine net used for catching pilchards, sardines, herring.

Low tide Cowloe & Tribbens

Sennen Cove Cottages. c 1900..

Watson class lifeboat Susan Ashley, the first lifeboat to have a superstructure made out of aluminium and one of thirteen 41ft Watson class boats designed for slipway launching. Susan Ashley saved 67 lives during her service at Sennen Cove in…

Sennen Cove Slipway, Boats and Cottages. c. 1930..

View from the Lifeboat Slip