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St Michael's Mount

Port Isaac

Polperro

St Ives Harbour Fishermen

St Ives Harbour Fishing Boats

Humphry Davy Grammar School "Scavengers" Hockey Team 1961

Cornwall County Schools Rugby Tour of Wales Easter 1961
The squad included Alan Scragglier, Tommy Thomas, Andrew Coak (4th from right front row) and Martin Scrase of Humphry Davy Grammar School, Penzance

Humphry Davy Grammar School Penzance Rugby 'A' Seven 1963
Back row: Brett Harvey, Peter Colliver, Tony Rawlinson, Mike Luke (later to be founder of Canadian National Team)
Front row: Dave Phillips, Andrew Coak, Mike Daniels

Humphry Davy Grammar School Penzance Football 2nd Team 1963
Back row: Mr Horne, G Wadsworth, J Eddy, I Jose, S Tomlin, P Brown, R Simons, E Williams

Front row: P Delbridge, D Hall, A Coak, M Nicholas, M Lake

In front: C Roberts, D Chinn

Sir Humphry Davy Grave Monument, Geneva
During a visit to Switzerland Sir Humphry Davy died in Geneva, on 29th May 1829, and was buried there.

Padstow

St Ives Harbour. Many men and women watching the arrival of the fishing boats.

Padstow Harbour at low tide, a number of fishing vessels are tied against the quay.

Bude at the entrance to the Lock leading to the canal. A ship approaches in the background.
A worker awaits with sledge hammer possibly to assist with the lock gate.

Th Albert Wilhelm was a 202-ton German brigade of Barth, with Master Wallace, wrecked on October 16th 1886. The vessel was launched by Drossel of Zingst in 1856

She was two days out from Ramsey, Isle of Man, in ballast to Fowey, clipped the Stones…

On October 15th 1889, the miners of St Just awoke to find the Cunarder Malta on the rocks, half a mile east of Cape Cornwall, beneath the Wheal Castle Mine.

The 2,244-ton Malta had been launched in 1865 by G. & J. Thompson of Glasgow for the…

Bodinnick Ferry looking across to Fowey
The photo shows a woman holding two oars with a number of children in the street. An older woman is carefully going down the hill supported by two sticks. Another woman looks out on the scene from the doorway…

Cadgwith with fishing boats beached. A woman in white dress holding a sun parasol looks on. A man looks on from the front of a cottage

Newlyn harbour.
Lots of activity, fish carts being loaded and many fishermen standing talking. This area is now covered by fish market, parking .

Glass plate