One of four prints from 1855 -1924 of House Furnishers Alfred Smiths, Alverton Street.. Originally Olver & Sons 1855 Criddle & Smith 1880, 1901 Alfred Smith 1924. The Firm is celebrating 200 years this year 2011.
Opening ceremony of the floating dock at Penzance harbour. Hundreds of people, wearing their best costume gather in crowds to see the spectacle. The paddle steamer is the Queen of the Bay. Penants and flags are on display as part of the celebrations.
Official opening of the then Cancer Research Campaign charity shop In Causewayhead, Penzance in 1993. The shop was opened by the fashion designer Jeff Banks, who is seen signing autographs.
P C showing Sir William Treloar & Penzance Civic Authority at a tea-party in Morrab Gardens (c1907). Sir William Treloar was Lord Mayor of London Gibson photo
A page from a scrapbook belonging to Nina Vague, (nee Bottrell) including a wedding photograph of Leonora and Walter Trehair. Leonora worked at the Ritz Cinema in Penzance, eventually becoming its manageress in the mid 1960s.
A page from a scrapbook about the history of the Ritz Cinema, Penzance, belonging to Nina Vague. The page comprises of information and photographs of Archibald Quilter and Leonora Trehair, who worked at the cinema together for many years during the…