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Four people at an event at Penzance Telephone Exchange. There are cards on the desk behind them,

Parents Caroline and John, with their four daughters (Nora second from the right), and son John.

Image of a young woman dressed in black bending over a small child on a bier surrounded by white roses and daisies, a shrouded lamp in the background. Possibly a young mother grieving her child. There is a verse from the poem "Thy Will be done"…

Two people photographed at the Telephone Exchange

Image of woman praying at a small table, which has a photograph of a young girl and a shrouded lamp on it. Below it is a verse of the poem "Thy Will be done", part of a series of three cards by Bamforth & Co. It has no message or postmark.

Image illustrating the first verse of the song "When the fields are white with daisies", it depicts a sailor and his sweetheart as he leaves port. The verse of the poem is below. It has no message or postmark.
Part of a series of four by Bamforth &…

Three ladies at a social event at the Telephone Exchange. The lady on the left has been identified as Jill Howes.

Image is of a young couple embracing on a harbour wall, as the young man, a sailor leaves port. It illustrates the second verse of the song "When the fields are white with daisies".
The postcard has no message or postmark.
Part of a series of four…

Two ladies arranging a buffet at the Telephone Exchange with other colleagues in the background.

Postcard of a couple reuniting surrounded by trees and flowers. It illustrates the fourth verse of the song "When the fields are white with daisies", a series of four postcards by Bamforth & Co.
It has no message or postmark.

Four people at a social event at the Telephone Exchange

Postcard of the virtue Faith in pastoral scene with a cherub holding a heart. Part of a series of three.
There is no message or postmark.

Group of ladies at an event at the Telephone Exchange

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:
"From Ivy to Fred
wishing you a happy new year."

Underneath the postcard…

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

Underneath is written:
"Gunner J Osborne
Royal Garrison Artillery"

A small photograph showing Sergeant Don M Graham "Jock"

On the back is written:
"Sergt; Don M Graham otherwise "Jock"
Save this for me "

Home and Colonial shop on the Terrace in Penzance.

Market Jew Street, street thronged with people.

Three masted sailing ship.

Newlyn harbour with a naval fleet review, this was either August 1904 or The Great Naval Review July 1910.