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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.

Anderton & Rowland's Cyclone Twist at Summercourt Fair. (M. DeVey)

From Album 3 (Red)

St Buryan, one of Cornwall's tallest church towers, makes an impressive backdrop for the summer steam and agricultural rally.

St Buryan Summer Steam and Agricultural Rally

St Buryan Summer Steam and Agricultural Rally.

Print and negative

The Suevic was homeward bound from Australia, carried a crew of 141, plus 382 passengers, and one stowaway; her cargo was general, and included frozen meats, butter, and copper bars.

She was on her way to Liverpool via Plymouth when an error of…

The Suevic was homeward bound from Australia, carried a crew of 141, plus 382 passengers, and one stowaway; her cargo was general, and included frozen meats, butter, and copper bars.

She was on her way to Liverpool via Plymouth when an error of…

The Suevic was homeward bound from Australia, carried a crew of 141, plus 382 passengers, and one stowaway; her cargo was general, and included frozen meats, butter, and copper bars.

She was on her way to Liverpool via Plymouth when an error of…

The Suevic was homeward bound from Australia, carried a crew of 141, plus 382 passengers, and one stowaway; her cargo was general, and included frozen meats, butter, and copper bars.

She was on her way to Liverpool via Plymouth when an error of…

Possibly captured U-Boats 1914-18 war

Supply ship anchored in Mounts Bay with Western Union Fleet, which assembled in July 1940. The fleet comprised of about 50 ships from Britain, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. Other media sources provide more information about this event.

Anyone looking for something a bit out of the ordinary on the weekend of 30/31 March 1930 got a bit of a treat at Porth Nanven. Washed ashore on Saturday 30th was the British World War One submarine L1. The Cornishman reported that the vessel was…