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Timber carrier at South Pier, Penzance harbour
Note piles of wood, publicity sheet showing various concerts at Prussia Cove and St Michaels Mount
Battleship in Mount's Bay with fishing boats
Note spotter plane on turret
Dredger Leitrim, removing silt from entrance to Penzance harbour
The dredger is very low in the water.
R.M.S. Peninnis, Isles of Scilly Steamship
Awaiting high tide to enter dock for an overhaul, equipped with wireless cables
Long gig in shallow water, family on board
Two adults and four children. (This is listed as a whole plate negative but is actually half plate)
Close-up view of Longships Lighthouse
Note the keepers standing on the platform
Relief Keeper being winched onto the Longships Lighthouse from Mermaid, Trinity House relief vessel. 1935
Relief keeper arriving by winch, possibly Mermaid , Trinity House relief vessel.
Close-up view of the Sevenstones Lightship at sea
Detailed description of the lightship is available via the link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevenstones_Lightship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevenstones_Lightship
A view of Round Island Lighthouse, Isles of Scilly, 1935
The Lighthouse was built in 1887 was completely modernised in 1967
Eddystone Lighthouse note stump pf Smeatons Tower
1935
Smeatons Tower is now on Plymouth Hoe. Present Lighthouse was fourth to be build on the rock
Bus driving through flood water at Hayle
Western National Bus ADV 112 to Camborne driving through flood water at Hayle
Flood in lane at Relubbus nr Hayle
Postman pushing his bike through flood water and two men pushing motor cycle. According to the Richards handwritten index, the River Hayle overflowed frequently, causing flooding in this area
Flooding on road at Long Rock garage
Two men and two children with a punt watching van EMP 835 (with Bisto advertisement on the side) struggling through water outside Long Rock garage.
Flooding at Longrock Garage and Petrol Station
Flooding at Long Rock petrol station. Two youngsters in a punt and a lorry struggling through the flood water. Note the RAC telephone box opposite and the Shell Mex petrol pump