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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)".

Wrecked on the return trip of its maiden voyage.

Previously known as 'Worthsee Brake'

St Agnes John Passmore Edwards Miners & Mechanics Institute (1893)

St Agnes John Passmore Edwards Miners & Mechanics Institute

The John Passmore Edwards Miners & Mechanics Institute in St Agnes. Built in 1895 (building has 1893 carved on it).

John Passmore Edwards Miners & Mechanics Institute in St Agnes, built in 1893.

A view of Levant tin mine.

Vessels SS 95 and "Our John" with some punts in St Ives harbour.

A scene of St Ives with fishing boats in the foreground at low tide. Inside the boats can be seen baskets of long lines etc.
SS122 is the 'Excellent'.

A busy Mousehole harbour in the c1920s.

Postcard depicting a Cornish fishwife in Market Jew Street, Penzance. The postcard is heavily doctored, and the 'fishwife' is probably composited into the scene.