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Lamorna Valley

Lamorna Birch at work

From a negative made of the album

From a negative made of the album

From a negative made of the album

Outside Trinity House

Team of eleven men, three seated cross-legged, five kneeling, three standing with three other men in suits.
Teams wearing studded boots and sports shirts with Cornish, two wearing belts.
Image shows photograph with torn edges pinned to board.

Four females seated, young baby to old woman, possibly one family through generations.
Image shows photograph pinned on to board with newspaper cutting. Reads "..s, is great ..e Scout SSWC ..e call ov.. favour"

Image shows a partial photograph of a naval reservist pinned to a board.
Bushy handlebar moustache

Studio portrait, wearing patterned jumper under jacket, two pens in left breast pocket, crown insignia on pocket

Flat topped hat and plenty of braid and decoration to uniform. Four upward chevrons on arm possibly indicate rank of staff sergeant or company quartermaster.

very over-exposed

On September 11 1903, the Hayle Lifeboat crew had a dangerous and unnecessary trip out to the derelict Beaumaris schooner Enterprise.

The Enterprise [Enterprize] (1846) was bound from Charlestown, USA, to Manchester with a cargo of china clay when…

Top photo: A Submarine ashore at Carn Gloose, St Just.
Bottom photo: not clear but researcher indicates this is of people looking at the 'Hindenburg' Zeppelin above Pordenack Point at Land's End.

The Belgian Motor trawler, Vierge Marie of Ostend was a 200 ton vessel. She was on her way into Newlyn after developing engine trouble off Pendeen the previous afternoon, and there had been no warning of how close the weather had brought her to the…

The Belgian Motor trawler, Vierge Marie of Ostend was a 200 ton vessel. She was on her way into Newlyn after developing engine trouble off Pendeen the previous afternoon, and there had been no warning of how close the weather had brought her to the…