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Showing the Old Pier and Green Rocks. The construction work had just started on the South Pier (built 1885).
The chimney stack of the Tolvadden Copper mine can just be seen in the left of the picture.
Building just right is the early Ice…

Both harbour walls are existing which indicates the date is at least 1895 but before 1905 when the harbour road was built. The harbour is full of sailing vessels.
Top, small white building, top central is Penzer House. The large row below, top…

In the foreground is the cleared site of the houses of the Navy Inn, demolished in 1939 that inspired the petition to Westminster in October 1937. Well documented. Building of the new Navy Inn flats started around 1953. Many people who previously…

View from thre summit of Carn Brea.

Stores being hauled onto Lighthouse from Relief Boat Steamer Satellite in background

Unloading fishing boats.
Penzance in the distance.
Bodillys Mill and the serpentine works at Wherrytown.

Relief boat takes keepers and stores to Wolf Rock, the steamer Satellite cannot get close enough

View looking down Market Jew Street. On the left. Lloyds Bank / Market House, on the right Symons chemist, Peasgoods for many years and now a charity shop. Below is the Star Inn and what is now COOP , smaller shops and the large Post Office Building.

View of a creek with an old punt in the foreground.

View of a distant bridge

Two photographs of a house. It is known that Barbara's family lived at 31 Belgravia Street, Penzance so this could be a photograph of their home.

Identifiable boats: PH 340, PZ 216, PZ 491