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Four people at an event at Penzance Telephone Exchange. There are cards on the desk behind them,

From left to right:

daughter, daughter, Caroline, mother, John, son, John , father, Nora daughter, daughter.

Image of a young woman dressed in black bending over a small child on a bier surrounded by white roses and daisies, a shrouded lamp in the background. Possibly a young mother grieving her child. There is a verse from the poem "Thy Will be done"…

Two people photographed at the Telephone Exchange

Image of woman praying at a small table, which has a photograph of a young girl and a shrouded lamp on it. Below it is a verse of the poem "Thy Will be done", part of a series of three cards by Bamforth & Co. It has no message or postmark.

Image illustrating the first verse of the song "When the fields are white with daisies", it depicts a sailor and his sweetheart as he leaves port. The verse of the poem is below. It has no message or postmark.
Part of a series of four by Bamforth &…

Three ladies at a social event at the Telephone Exchange. The lady on the left has been identified as Jill Howes.

Image is of a young couple embracing on a harbour wall, as the young man, a sailor leaves port. It illustrates the second verse of the song "When the fields are white with daisies".
The postcard has no message or postmark.
Part of a series of four…

Two ladies arranging a buffet at the Telephone Exchange with other colleagues in the background.

Postcard of a couple reuniting surrounded by trees and flowers. It illustrates the fourth verse of the song "When the fields are white with daisies", a series of four postcards by Bamforth & Co.
It has no message or postmark.

Four people at a social event at the Telephone Exchange

Postcard of the virtue Faith in pastoral scene with a cherub holding a heart. Part of a series of three.
There is no message or postmark.

Group of ladies at an event at the Telephone Exchange

A postcard from Fred Phillips' war album, assembled from postcards and photos he collected during his service in Palestine and Egypt during WW1.

On the back is written:
"From Ivy to Fred
wishing you a happy new year."

Underneath the postcard…

A postcard from Fred Phillips' war album, assembled from postcards and photos he collected during his service in Palestine and Egypt during WW1.

Underneath is written:
"Gunner J Osborne
Royal Garrison Artillery"

A small photograph showing Sergeant Don M Graham "Jock"

On the back is written:
"Sergt; Don M Graham otherwise "Jock"
Save this for me "

Home and Colonial shop on the Terrace in Penzance.

Market Jew Street, street thronged with people.

Three masted sailing ship.

Newlyn harbour with a naval fleet review, this was either August 1904 or The Great Naval Review July 1910.