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

Bosava Mill. Lamorna near Penzance, Cornwall.
taken from "Mates Illustrated Penzance"
(Corporation Official Guide)

Cornish Fish Woman.
taken from "Mates Illustrated Penzance"
(Corporation Official Guide)

Fishing Boats in Mounts Bay, Cornwall.
taken from "Mates Illustrated Penzance"
(Corporation Official Guide)

Portrait of a Woman with velvet chair and young tree

Young Woman by very ornate chair

Woman sitting with Book

Portrait of a Man
Colour has been added

Portrait of Youngish Man

Elderly Gent

Female Child

Young Woman leaning on the back of a chair

Elderly Gent

Children sitting talking.

They were the winners of the Cornwall RFU in 1956. Beat Camborne 16-0.
Back Row L-R: Ray Burroughs, Geoff Vingoe, Cyril Rescorla, Charlie May.
Seated: Peter Michell, Jimmy Jenkins (c) Graham Paul

In the early hours of 23 January 1939 there was a Force 10 storm blowing with gusts of wind at 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). A large steamship was reported to be in trouble off Cape Cornwall but the Sennen Cove lifeboat could not be launched due to…

Damage on Penzance promenade after Ash Wednesday storm of March 1962.

View across the valley towards the work site, men working on the shuttering in the middle section. The image is annotated "View from left bank looking upstream 30-9-60"
It is stamped on the reverse "Richards Bros, Penzance"