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Primitive Sunday School, 1915-16

View looking down site, finished concrete on left. Men scrambling over scaffolding and pipework on the left centre.
Annotated "General view from right bank 30-9-59"

In 2013 staff and volunteers at the Cancer Research shop at the bottom of Causewayhead in Penzance celebrated takings of £2.5 million since opening in 1993. Formerly known as the Cancer research Campaign the charity changed its name to Cancer…

Many of the women are wearing veils.

Annotated "Excavation for spillway foundation"
Puddles to the foreground, two men standing centre right. Scaffolding draped with material/overalls.

They are all wearing suits and sitting outside.

Penzance County Grammar School for Boys Chess Team 1951
Back row: -?-, -?-, -?-
Front row: Hampson, Mr. Jones, -?-

Penzance County Grammar School for Boys House Officials 1951
Back row: Geoffrey ‘Foof’ Perry, Hoare, Billy Leah, Fleet, John ‘Bijou' Harvey Bartlett
Front row: Simpson, Brian Hearn, Mr. Otto, Mr. Williams, Mr. Rising, Mr Tregenza, Mr. Jones, Card,…

The Scavengers Hockey Team 1951
Back row: Card, K. Rogers, J. Rowe, P. Norton, Bobby Butt, P. Brown, C. Round
Front row: Nicholas, D. Simpson (Sec), Brian Hearn (Capt), John ‘Bijou’ Harvey, Wakeford
In front: R. Hicks, J.E. Matthews

Penzance County Grammar School for Boys Choir 1951

Formal portrait of the family from Sancreed. Honor is holding a baby.

View of shuttering for concreting. Men at work by long ladder in centre and above cylinder top right.
Image is annotated "Construction work left bank 30-9-59"

This photograph is a duplicate of IND 16HG012, showing workers in a factory in Newlyn. Please refer to OND 16HG012 for more information, including the names of a few individuals.

View of men positioning wooden joists for shuttering, preparation for concreting. 3 men watching from above. Image is annotated "Typical shuttering 30-9-59"

Close view of machinery and crane bucket, man sitting on a rock on extreme left, shuttering in background. Image is annotated "Foundation of spillway looking upstream 30-9-59"

Mousehole harbour busy with fishing boats and punts

General view of the construction, note men standing on scaffolding middle left. Image is annotated "Construction works on right bank of river 4-11-59"