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Susan Barlow on Porthcurno beach

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

Pictured at St Ives Salvation Army

Survivors from the Juan Ferrer Edward Richards Album P 100. 23.10.1963 Carn Boscawen..

The Belgian Trawler went aground through fog at Gurnards Head

Albumen print, mounted on card.

Ink inscr. on front of mount, 'Strangers in a strange land - ex s/s Castleford 1887'

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

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,…

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'

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.

Sunset over the sea nr. Isles of Scilly.

Sunset over the Isles of Scilly.

Sunset over Gull Rock and Portreath.

Sunset over the Wheal Coates mine engine house.

Attended by Lillian Evelyn Stevens.

looking towards Jubilee Pool

From Album 3 (Red)
Coombe Lane is close to Treneere

Foreground: Peper's swings.

Middleground: T Whiteleggs Easyrider, Tom Rowlands Dodgems.

Background (Left to Right): A James Big Wheel, D Rowlands Waltzers, J Rowlands Big Wheel & Waltzer.