The date perhaps 1935; View of Cafe Marina and Wherrytown, before it was de-cafe-nated and turned into a car park. The bus appears to be a Dennis Mace 1933. Photocrom.
I also have yet to find the original postcard, noted as Photocrom. I doubt the printing would have been THAT late. My postcards are safely in store. I stand by my thoughts of it being a Dennis Mace.
I can't be 100% sure of the car model because of the lack of quality in the photo, but this particular kind of car styling came in post war. Also as I said earlier two members remember visiting the pools and this wouldn't be possible as they weren't born in 1935. Not all the railings were removed during the war. The removal was more of a propaganda move aimed at munitions building. But most iron railings were unsuitable for any kind of recycling. The government had a second drive that really was successful the pots and pans collection. Copper and aluminium were in great need. What I'm saying is not all the railings in town were removed. That said it would be handy to date this picture if one can find one with and without railings and the date is certain. Clearly this picture has a great history to it and it would be good to identify the date for sure... whatever date that is
Alot of coach builder copied each other in design. I looked at the Dennis Mace but what I thought were the deciding factors was that the Leyland Tiger had air vents on the roof (as in the photo) but the Dennis Mace does not. Either way the Mace and the Tiger T6 were manufactured in the same year. I guess the model is open for debate unless a much better definition of the photo is available.
The year is close, I was having my hair cut at Tom Tregurtha,s and had to go intothe street while they pulled a large chimney of the Cafe Marina down during the demolition
Yes I read that... then I looked at the link treeve posted of the demolition and the stacks are different. Is it possible that the pulled down part of the building and then built it back. That would explain why in some pictures the cafe has a dormer and other it has not.
From P.A.S. Pool's History of the Town and Borough of Penzance (p195): "[Oliver Caldwell] also designed... the sea-water baths on the Promenade for the Penzance Bath Company, opened in July 1887 and demolished in 1935."
Other questions that I have include the period in which the roofs of the shelters were changed from lead, also the period when gas lamps ceased on the promenade .... there are more questions, Also I suspect the reason for taking the photograph was to commemorate the opening of the 'Cafe Marina'; eventually I will find the postcard
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