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LIGHT 18PG 084.tif
A keeper on Longship was sick and needed to be relieved but rough seas were hampering the rescue.

FARM 1PG 022.tif
Tractor with 2 men on small trailer. Tractor reg CRL 57
Penzance in background.
Same time as FARM 1PG 021

FARM 1PG 021.tif
Tractor, trailer and 3 Men. Winter time, bare trees
St Michael's Mount in background

FARM 1PG 020.tif
Hard copy names "Phyllis Edwards, Jackie Bartlett, John Ladnor"

FARM 1PG 019.tif
Cardinney Farm, Crows-an-Wra,
Richard Cargeeg grandson, Kenneth Cargeeg

FARM 1PG 018.tif
Same occasion as FARM 1PG 018, possibly Harvest Festival or Carnival.
9 Men and a baby on wagon.
Note decorated horses and wheels on wagon

FARM 1PG 017.tif
Harvest time wagon filled with crop and 8 men with Cyril Eddy of Trenuggo Farm at the reins.

Possibly Carnival at Zennor or Sennen.
Note decorated horses and wheels on wagon.

CRAFT 9PG 006.tif
Man on ladder thatching a cottage roof, two children on ground watching.
Location unknown

CRAFT 9PG 005.tif
Two men using ladder to thatch roof
Unknown location

WRECKS 32HG 070.tif
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…

WRECKS 32HG 069.tif
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…

WRECKS 32HG 068.tif
Another view from the cliff of the Belgian trawler ashore after thick fog at Gurnard's Head, Zennor, near St Ives.
All the crew were saved except for the fifteen year old cabin boy.
See also WRECKS 32HG 066.

WRECKS 32HG 067.tif
Another view from the cliff of the Belgian trawler ashore after thick fog at Gurnard's Head, Zennor, near St Ives.
All the crew were saved except for the fifteen year old cabin boy.
See also WRECKS 32HG 066.

WRECKS 32HG 066.tif
View from the cliff of the Belgian trawler ashore after thick fog at Gurnard's Head, Zennor, near St Ives.
All the crew were saved except for the fifteen year old cabin boy.

WRECKS 32HG 065.tif
See also WRECKS 32HG 061.

The lifeboat from St Ives (on loan from Padstow) attempted to rescue the crew of the SS Wilton but was grounded at Godrevy Point. There was only one survivor, William Freeman of the lifeboat. Altogether 36 lives were…

WRECKS 32HG 064.tif
See also WRECKS 32HG 061.

The lifeboat from St Ives (on loan from Padstow) attempted to rescue the crew of the SS Wilton but was grounded at Godrevy Point. There was only one survivor, William Freeman of the lifeboat. Altogether 36 lives were…

WRECKS 32HG 063.tif
See also WRECKS 32HG 061.

The lifeboat from St Ives (on loan from Padstow) attempted to rescue the crew of the SS Wilton but was grounded at Godrevy Point. There was only one survivor, William Freeman of the lifeboat. Altogether 36 lives were…

WRECKS 32HG 062.tif
See also WRECKS 32HG 061.

The lifeboat from St Ives (on loan from Padstow) attempted to rescue the crew of the SS Wilton but was grounded at Godrevy Point. There was only one survivor, William Freeman of the lifeboat. Altogether 36 lives were…

WRECKS 32HG 061.tif
The lifeboat from St Ives (on loan from Padstow) attempted to rescue the crew of the SS Wilton but was grounded at Godrevy Point. There was only one survivor, William Freeman of the lifeboat. Altogether 36 lives were lost.
For additional information…

WRECKS 32HG 060.tif
In 1939, the John and Sarah Eliza Stych lifeboat from St Ives (on loan from Padstow) launched with an 8-man crew, in a violent gale, to the aid of an unknown vessel (the SS Wilton). During the storm the lifeboat capsized and self-righted three times,…
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