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Sunset over the sea nr. Isles of Scilly.

This sunset photograph of the ruins of Wheal Coates was taken by Tony Giles, the well-known Cornish artist. The ruins are situated within a mile of Langley Cottage, St Agnes, where Giles lived with his schoolteacher wife Hilary.

Written on the back by Serena Wadham:
'While supporters of the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child wait to lobby their Members of Parliament, they are leafletted by women & men supporting the liberal abortion laws'

St Ives Consols showing children at work.

Children were often employed on refining stages, sometimes working in water with bare feet. Their ages ranged from about seven or eight to 12 or 13. Their pay would have been from 1d to 2d on starting,…

Surfing your men beach, Sennen
Lifeboat shed

Surfing St. Ives
Figures look out onto beach

Drawn portrait with newspaper obituary. Born: Renfrew, Scotland, 9th January 1821, died: Lee, Kent, 20th March 1891.

The Castleford was carrying 3000 tons of general cargo, including deal and wheat, as well as 460 head of cattle, 1 passenger and 18 cattle drovers. On Sunday 8 June 1887 the Castleford was underway in dense fog and at high water. Despite stopping to…

The Belgian Trawler went aground through fog at Gurnards Head

Survivors from the Juan Ferrer.

The Juan Ferrer of Valencia was a handsome, well-equipped motor coaster of nearly 700 tons, thrashing her way up towards Land's end on her usual run from her home port of Liverpool.

Owned by Frederick Ferrer of…

Pictured at St Ives Salvation Army

Survivors from wrecked Coaster 'Alba' wrecked on Porthmeor Beach, St Ives. Five crew members lost their lives

Susan Barlow on Porthcurno beach

Susan Barlow painting with Rav the dog siting by her side

The Susan Elizabeth a 78-ton wooden schooner was bound for Liverpool to Truro with wheat when she dragged under Black Cliff in NNE gale on November 16th 1882.

The Isis capsized and drove ashore while trying to reach her, and the schooner's crew…

Susanna Maria Patterson, Caldwells 1st cousin once removed, was the second daughter of Robert Haldane Patterson and Maria Susanna Nicholas. She was born in Brigg, Lincolnshire in 1844,

Swan and two cygnets by river or pond, image taken through trees.

Swanpool lake.

The 1,597-ton steel ship, Hansy, launched at Dumbarton by Alexander Macmillan & Sons in 1885 as the Aberfoyle.

In the course of a somewhat chequered career, she had been picked up in Bass Strait, Tasmania in 1896 by a steamer which had found her…

The 1,597-ton steel ship, Hansy, launched at Dumbarton by Alexander Macmillan & Sons in 1885 as the Aberfoyle.

In the course of a somewhat chequered career, she had been picked up in Bass Strait, Tasmania in 1896 by a steamer which had found her…