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Ancient stones, located near Madron

Notice Board attached advertising Penzance Pavilion & Winter GardensThe Market Cross was located under left hand front window

The Dome and the Western end of the Market House are seen before the alterations for Lloyd's Bank where completed in 1925

Located in the Market Place, Penzance

West End Departmental Stores Market Place Large Crowd.

Whole school photograph of West Cornwall School.
Label on reverse states " West Cornwall School, c1930,
Jean Rogers. sat front row, 3rd from L, RH section"
Identified by descendant April Arnatt.

Possibly the back with the Croquet lawn. note nurses uniform.

Shown are Gardens of Cottages demolished to build St Clare Flats

West Cornwall Flower Farming.
Taken from "Mates Illustrated Penzance"
(Corporation Official Guide)

West Cornwall Field Club at Zennor

Female workers at the West Cornwall Laundry. This was a commercial laundry located near the Humphry Davy statue, operating from 1901 as the West Cornwall Steam Laundry and later renamed the Penzance Sanitary Steam Laundry. The laundry baskets are…

Drawing of the 80" Cornish Engine that was installed at Batten's Shaft at West Chiverton Lead Mine near Zelah in the 1860's. The mine finished in 1886, the engine was moved to Garland's Shaft at Gwennap United mine c. 1899: finally to Woolf's Shaft…

Dreiven ashore in 90mph gale at Pendeen Watch. Note the men on board helping with the breeches bouy. All 52 crew members saved