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Beryl receiving flowers and a kiss! from a male colleague

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S.S "Isle of Sark"
The Southern Railway's new oil burning steamer for the Channel Islands 2.211 tons.
The lifeboats were built by F Peters of St-Mawes under Ministry of War Contact.

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A pony awaits outside the Coachman's Tavern

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Model of a sail boat

PC.357.tif
Model of a Falmouth Pilot CutterNo 8 with sails
The Vincent,
The original boat was built for the Vincent family of St-Mawes worked for 70 years until retirement in 1922 ending her days on the Percuil river as a houseboat.

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Horse drawn waggon with small boat

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The Regal Cinema Penzance.

A former Baptist chapel built in 1836 and later converted into a cinema. Converted into the Picturedrome on 5th December 1910 by Robert Thomas Cinemas Ltd.
British Talking Pictures sound was installed in the…

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The Regal Cinema

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The Egyptian House, Chapel Street

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A postcard from Fred Phillips' war album, assembled from postcards and photos he collected during his service in Palestine and Egypt during WW1.

On the back is written:
"I do go down this street every day to the post office it is a very long…

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Market House at Night

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Market House at night

COL.34ii_035.tif
A postcard from Fred Phillips' war album, assembled from postcards and photos he collected during his service in Palestine and Egypt during WW1.

On the back is written:
"This a very busy street and no military traffic is allowed through it.
I…

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Market House at night

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Street views. Lady with dachshund.
Written on the print, 'Tests 2 in 4trix/1m/Acuspeed;19n21, TRIX 650ASH dilute promicrol'

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Boys & girls in the street & playing
Written on the contact street, 'Popham Street etc.TRix/1200 ASA/Acuspeed'

BR.077.tif
Presentation of flowers to a young woman finishing work at Penzance Telephone Exchange

FF.009.tif
The soldiers are posed for a formal photograph, arranged around a wooden and rope bridge, constructed as part of a training exercise, before being sent to France.
There is a banner which says '64 Party RBRE'.

FF.010.tif
Jack, John, and Roger Farley. John is father to Jack and grandfather to Roger.

The photo was taken in Trevarrack Row.

FF.011.tif
They are standing outside No 4 Trevarrack Row, Gulval.

For a large part of Nora's life she was a seamstress working in Sussex.
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