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Officially named the Bedford Bolitho Gardens, these were opened in l916 on the site of the old serpentine works at Wherrytown in Penzance. They were a memorial to Thomas Bedford Bolitho, a member of the banking family in Penzance.
The gardens were…

Pen and ink drawing

Location unknown

Slate Quarries

SLAB Cornish Range

On Saturday December 15th 1979, HM Coastguard informed Padstow Lifeboat Station that the Skopelos Sky, a 2800 Greek freighter
was in trouble off Trevose Head. She was on route from Garston for Algiers with a cargo of drums of lubricating oil. The…

On Saturday December 15th 1979, HM Coastguard informed Padstow Lifeboat Station that the Skopelos Sky, a 2800 Greek freighter
was in trouble off Trevose Head. She was on route from Garston for Algiers with a cargo of drums of lubricating oil. The…

Waiting for calmer seas to rescue sick Keeper Griffiths - E RichardsPhotographer in Life Jacket

Written on the reverse of the photograph in two hands: "Newlyn fishermen preparing bait" and "C. 1938 Skinning dogfish 'Half a Crown' or 'Envelopes' Williams in Trilby (hat)".

Quickly done by impaling fish on a spike and ripping off its skin.

Skiddaw from Ashness Bridge

Sketch. Xmas day 1908

Sketch. Party Time !

Copy of sketch of 'Rastrant' French Privateer of Bourdeaux sunk by H M S Monmouth March 20th 1747.
from the Morrab Library Archives

Sketch map showing the land-connection between England and the Continent in early Neolithic times.

Sketch from the Tour Journal of Caroline Anne Borlase 1875-77 Little Merchants on the day of the Holy Innocents. 1875-77..

Sketch from the Tour Journal of Caroline Anne Borlase 1875-77 4 Rue Soufriere Bruges p 83. 1875-77..