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lamornabirch.024.tif

lamornabirch.047.tif

lamornabirch.002.tif
L-R Mouse, Hilda and Houghton Vivian who married Lamorna Birch. Uncle Leo Vivian, Tom Archibald who married Chris Vivian, Alice Vivian, Granny Vivian, Babs Archibald, Grandpa Vivian and don Vi.

lamornabirch.009a.tif

lamornabirch.010.tif

lamornabirch.004.tif
"Gakford Bridge nr Dulverton on Tiverton Road" written on the back.
A Frith photo shows a similar bridge labelled 'Footbridge on the Exe'

lamornabirch.012.tif

lamornabirch.007.tif

lamornabirch.003.tif
"Pulling Teeth"?

lamornabirch.013.tif

lamornabirch.008.tif

lamornabirch.006.tif

lamornabirch.016.tif
Lamorna Birch far right, Sir Robert Watson-Watt, radar pioneer standing next to him. Far left Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of Penicillin. At a garden party held by Ranald and Greta Valentine (art publisher) in Scotland.

lamornabirch.018.tif

lamornabirch.014.tif

lamornabirch.015.tif
Possibly Scotland

lamornabirch.017.tif
Lamorna was aged 84 at the time.

lamornabirch.001.tif
The larger picture is probably The Mersey, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1929.

OPA.326.tif
Penzance County School for Boys 1935

Due to the size of the image, zooming in will result in pixelation.
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LPA 036.tif
A photograph showing the Coombe at Newlyn totally flooded during the 1894 floods.
Gibson Penzance appears in the bottom left hand corner
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