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Rocks and bay, Peninnis Head.


Possibly a 3rd generation copy and not very good.


Possibly a 3rd generation copy and not very good.

Kelp Pit, circle of rocks , used for burning the seaweed for fertiliser.


Possibly a 3rd generation copy and not very good.

Tresco Abbey, and bay, Tresco, Isles of Scilly.


Possibly a 3rd generation copy and not very good.

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…

Old Town Bay, St Mary's .


Possibly a 3rd generation copy and not very good.

Previously known as 'Worthsee Brake'

The Liverpool coaster, the 333-ton Eilianus, steamed into a large reef during the fog of June 1936. Launched in Holland in 1917 as the Wyke Regis, she left Blyth on June 2nd, discharged coal at Dunkirk and proceeded to Le Havre, loading 800 tons of…

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.

Pulpit rock , Pennines Head, St Mary's Isles of Scilly with three people standing on top.


Possibly a 3rd generation copy and not very good.

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.

The postcard entitled "Fresh Pilchards" depicts a woman fish jowster sitting atop her donkey cart holding a mackerel.

Four fishermen sorting and cleaning fish at St Ives harbour.