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Photograph of a painting.

'They ran the raffle'

Studio portrait of William James Rogers, (1889-1954). On the right is an unknown man with a bulldog.
His father John Charles Rogers opened a Provisions Merchants and butchers shop at 43 Causewayhead, Penzance in the late 19th century. A second shop…

William James Rogers,(1889-1954), with knife in hand, probably at his shop in Market Jew Street, Penzance. His father John Charles Rogers opened a Provisions Merchants and butchers shop at 43 Causewayhead, Penzance in the late 19th century. A second…

Names on mount not deciphered
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6 women and 5 men at touch football game, Penzance rugby field, dated March 1944. Men are all in uniform.
They are named on the back of photograph:
"L to R standing: Jean Richards, Ray O'Connel, Heather Williams, Ivy, Stan Zajah (?), Kay, Earnie…

Back Row: Rosemary Winder-Toole, Ralf Steele, Cyril Noall, Mary Southgate, Milithill(?), Guy Lewis, Philip (indistinct), John Winder-Toole, Winifred Tregenza
Front Row: Peter Pool, Muriel Harvey, Leonard Moir, Nancy Williams, Percy Jennings, E P…

Staff of J.C. Rogers Butchers, 37 Market Jew Street, Penzance. Labelled on back of photograph "L - R: Sid Dunn, Pam ?, John Rogers. John Charles Rogers opened a Provisions Merchants and butchers shop at 43 Causewayhead, Penzance in the late 19th…

Group photo of members of the Penzance Old Cornwall Society. There are names on the mount but it is who is who.

Gazing at the view, person unknown

Image of a man standing under a very large tree

The Picnic

Image, identity unknown

View of a distant bridge

Party of friends together

Standing by the falls

Friends together

Image of man not identified

Relating to History of Ye Gollies and Ye Spooks

Four men and a woman sitting on wooden seat in front of a granite wall. The man in the middle has been identified as Richard Payne Rowe, retired fisherman, by his descendant April Arnatt. On the reverse it is annotated "Mousehole 1940s Dicky Payne…