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Archives of pictures taken over the years of Penzance and area

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  1. Archive Collection 5K
    1. Old Penzance 898
      1. Penzance Central 713
        1. 1800s 72
        2. 1900s 26
        3. 1910s 36
        4. 1920s 36
        5. 1930s 68
        6. 1940s 43
        7. 1950s 76
        8. 1960s 60
        9. 1970s 55
        10. 1980s 152
        11. 1990s 64
        12. Date unknown 15
        13. Scan Day 10
      2. Penzance North 37
        1. 1900s 1
        2. 1940s 6
        3. 1950s 1
        4. 1980s 6
        5. 1990s 7
        6. 2000s 16
      3. Penzance East 53
        1. 1800s 1
        2. 1900's 3
        3. 1920s 3
        4. 1940s 8
        5. 1970s 3
        6. 1980s 22
        7. 1990s 13
      4. Penzance West 95
        1. 1800s 13
        2. 1900's 27
        3. 1920s 9
        4. 1930s 2
        5. 1950s 3
        6. 1960's 8
        7. 1970s 2
        8. 1980's 7
        9. 1990s 8
        10. 2010 3
        11. Wherry Town 11
        12. Date unknown 2
    2. Housing Estates 89
      1. Penalverne Estate 16
        1. 1940s 2
        2. 1950s 4
        3. 1970s 7
        4. 1980s 1
        5. 1990s 2
      2. Treneere Estate 72
        1. 1930s 40s 50s and 60s 9
        2. Treneere Manor 34
        3. 1970s 2
        4. 1980s 13
        5. 1990s 13
        6. 00's 1
      3. Gwavas Eastate 0
        1. Gwavas Estate 0
      4. Alverton Estate 1
    3. Schools 1K
      1. St Marys C of E 2
      2. Lescudjack School Penzance 477
        1. Sport 39
        2. 1920s 12
        3. 1940s 2
        4. 1950s 36
        5. 1960s 55
        6. 1970s 86
        7. 1980s 95
        8. 1990s 27
        9. Unknown 7
        10. Staff 15
        11. School plays 63
        12. Documentation 20
        13. Lescudjack School reunion 2
        14. Demolition 18
      3. PCS/HDGS 692
        1. Pre 1945 50
        2. 1945 5
        3. 1946 5
        4. 1947 13
        5. 1948 16
        6. 1949 9
        7. 1950 15
        8. 1951 18
        9. 1952 13
        10. 1953 13
        11. 1954 12
        12. 1955 17
        13. 1956 17
        14. 1957 8
        15. 1958 7
        16. 1959 18
        17. 1960 16
        18. 1961 25
        19. 1962 42
        20. 1963 27
        21. 1964 26
        22. 1965 13
        23. 1966 19
        24. 1967 25
        25. 1968 35
        26. 1969 10
        27. 1970 5
        28. 1971 7
        29. 1972 2
        30. 1973 7
        31. 1974 6
        32. 1975 3
        33. 1976 1
        34. 1977 3
        35. 1978 9
        36. 1979 8
        37. 1980 0
        38. Reunions 38
        39. Staff 28
        40. Buildings 43
        41. Arts, Crafts & Science 34
        42. Unidentified 2
        43. Miscellaneous 22
      4. Mounts Bay 66
        1. 1950s 1
        2. 1980s 2
        3. Anniversary 62
      5. St Marys RC School 9
        1. 1950s 1
        2. 1970s 6
        3. 1980s 1
        4. 1990s 1
      6. Alverton County Primary 7
        1. 1960s 7
      7. St Pauls School 13
      8. Humphry Davy Comprehensive School 2
        1. 1980s 2
      9. County School for Girls 13
      10. Church High 10
    4. Services 103
      1. Hospitals 58
        1. Date unknown 3
        2. 1950s 3
        3. 1980s 2
        4. Open day 2010 49
      2. Railway 29
        1. 1800 to 1900s 2
        2. 1940s 1
        3. 1950s 7
        4. 1960s 6
        5. 1970s 5
        6. 1980s 7
        7. 1990s 1
      3. Taylors Garage 16
        1. 1980s 16
    5. Local Festivities 1K
      1. Golowan Festival 447
        1. Mazey Day 1991 25
        2. Mazey Day 1994 49
        3. Mazey Day 1996 12
        4. Mazey Day 2000 4
        5. Mazey Day 2001 1
        6. Mazey Day 2002 7
        7. Mazey Day 2003 12
        8. Mazey Day 2005 9
        9. Mazey Day 2008 73
        10. Mazey Day 2009 57
        11. Mazey Day 2010 75
        12. Mazey Day 2011 79
        13. Mazey Day 2012 44
      2. St Pirans day 2008 44
      3. Mazey day (scheduled) 0
        1. 2000 (scheduled) 0
        2. 2010 (scheduled) 0
        3. 2008 (scheduled) 0
      4. Tesco Pirate Appeal 12
      5. Carnivals 20
        1. 1980s 20
      6. Pirates on the prom 127
      7. Easter egg hunt 14
      8. Newlyn Raft Race 56
        1. Newlyn Raft Race 2008 41
        2. Newlyn Raft Race 2009 15
      9. The fair 84
        1. 1970s 3
        2. 1980s 15
        3. 2003 43
        4. 2004 20
      10. Model Boats Show 20
      11. Other events 183
        1. IoS sub transformer 2
          1. IoS Subtransformer 2
        2. custom vehicles 5
        3. St Buryan Rally 9
        4. Lafrowda 148
        5. Speed boat racing 1
        6. St Ivel Churn Race 10
        7. One off events 8
    6. Construction/Refits 293
      1. Treneere re-fit 20
      2. Branwell House 11
      3. Penzance bypass 36
      4. St John's Courts 4
      5. Wharfside Shopping Centre 26
      6. Building Lidl 1
      7. Building Safeway 3
      8. Building Tesco 3
      9. Ocen Blue 18
      10. Penwith college 3
      11. Abbey warehouse 10
      12. Hospital extension 6
      13. Ross Bridge 28
      14. Co Op Wherry Town Refit 15
      15. Building Leskinick House 15
      16. Davy Wine Shop 4
      17. Sewerage works 7
      18. Treneere extension 26
      19. Penzance Public Library in Morrab Road sell off 10
      20. The Waterfront 5
      21. Building Sainsburys 12
      22. Costa and Pets at Home Penzance 4
      23. Retirement flats Wharfside 11
      24. Building a new Lidl 5
      25. Miscellaneous builds 9
    7. Ship Loss 2
      1. White Funnel Fleet 2
    8. Storms 55
      1. 1962 19
      2. 1986 19
      3. 1987 3
      4. 2006 14
    9. Sport 27
      1. Swimming 13
        1. 1930s 7
        2. 1950s 5
        3. 1970s 1
      2. Football 14
        1. 1940s 1
        2. 1950s 8
        3. 1960s 3
        4. 1980s 1
        5. 1990s 1
    10. Clubs Pubs Bands 566
      1. Brunos Bar 11
      2. The Ritz Penzance 112
        1. Ritz Entertainment 94
          1. Bedlam 2011 36
          2. NYE Love Riot 44
      3. High Voltage 16
      4. Club 2K 56
      5. Demelza's 20
      6. The Barn Club 128
        1. 1980s and 1990s 73
        2. Barn Club Reunion 20
        3. Groups 12
        4. The Barn Club Fire 23
      7. The Zero club Penzance 14
      8. Regent 43
      9. Sound Night Club 61
      10. Gulval Meadery - Mill House Cafe 30
      11. Club PZ1 53
        1. All over! 53
      12. The Vault Bar Construction 21
      13. Ricky and the Layabouts 1
    11. Local characters 71
      1. Penzance Buskers 23
      2. Local Penzance characters 48
    12. Shops and pubs 218
      1. Shops 181
      2. Pubs 37
    13. Trereife Manor 3
    14. Other area's 236
      1. Hayle 4
      2. Paul Village 22
      3. Mousehole 36
      4. St Ives area 42
      5. Crowlas 1900-1950 3
      6. St Just 101
        1. St Just 1980s 1
        2. St Just 00s 79
      7. Madron 20
      8. Isles of Scilly 6
    15. Janners 104
      1. Janners in Oman (southwest Asia) 104
        1. Our home in Turkey 15
        2. Stuff 24
    16. Harbours 110
      1. Newlyn Harbour 27
        1. Gallery one 6
      2. Penzance Harbour 50
        1. Dry Dock Penzance 0
        2. Harbouring History - an album by Bilge Rat 23
        3. Gallery one 20
      3. St Ives Harbour 32
        1. Lifeboat 4
        2. Gallery one 7
        3. A walk around the harbour 17
      4. Sennen Harbour 1
        1. Gallery one 1
    17. Help needed identifying these pictures 19
      1. Recognise whos in this picture 10
      2. Guess where? 6
      3. Nothing known about this picture 3
    18. Member's Categories 170
  2. Modern and Creative 262
    1. Portraits and Modelling 18
    2. Landscapes 3
    3. Seascapes 23
    4. Creative 7
    5. Still 5
    6. Wildlife 206
  3. Miscellaneous 375
    1. Christmas 108
      1. General Christmas pix 60
      2. Christmas decorations 13
      3. Christmas Penwith 35
    2. Pavement Pirates 104
    3. The fun section 163
      1. Sweets when we were kids! 39
      2. Pun area 57
      3. Bizarre pictures 59
      4. Mystery objects 6
  4. Photo Competitions 510
    1. Past contests 510
      1. CHRISTMAS THEME COMPETITION 2010 3
      2. Night time 12
      3. Anything goes 13
      4. Christmas 12
      5. Fire 13
      6. Autumn 23
      7. Food and drink 20
      8. Emotions 11
      9. Animals 38
      10. Summer Life 17
      11. Musical instrument 28
      12. The human body 22
      13. Water 44
      14. Hearts and Flowers 14
      15. Monochrome 37
      16. Christmas 27
      17. Snapshot 31
      18. Still Life 30
      19. Macro month 35
      20. Parklife 9
      21. Street Life 12
      22. Golowan 11
      23. May the force be with you 11
      24. April photo contest paper scissors rock 8
      25. March Photo Competition "Proper Job" 9
      26. February competition "TROUBLED YOUTH" 11
      27. January 2011 Competition photographs 9
  5. Vessel 119
    1. Rowing vessel 33
      1. Gallery one 12
    2. Sail vessel 9
      1. Gallery one 5
      2. Sir Winston Churchill 4
    3. Steam vessel 3
      1. Gallery one 3
    4. Fishing vessel 31
      1. Ripple 28
      2. Gallery one 3
    5. Motor vessel 40
      1. Gallery one 39
    6. Other vessels 3
      1. Vessels 3
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Old Penzance

Pictures of Penzance, Heamoor, Newlyn and Eastern Green over the years
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Housing Estates

Housing and social housing in and around Penzance in area and date order
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Schools

Schools and school photographs from around the Penzance area
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Services

Hospitals and railway station in Penzance over the years
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Local Festivities

Local events and festivities in and around Penzance over the years
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Construction/Refits

Building and constructions in and around Penzance over the years
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293
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Ship Loss

A collection of ships and ship wrecks from around the coast. Some from Penzance Cornwall
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Storms

Weather and storm related pictures from around Penzance and Penwith
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Sport

Sports events in and around Penzance over the years
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Clubs Pubs Bands

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Local characters

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Shops and pubs

The ever changing face of Penzance. We have a catalogue of shops and pubs that have closed down over the past few years, and sometimes reopened
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Trereife Manor

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Other area's

Other areas within penwith
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Janners

This section is specially for Those who have moved away to live or work. You can request upload access to this section and upload pictures of where you are now.
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Harbours

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Help needed identifying these pictures

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Member's Categories

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Wes

Wes

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Getting ready for high tide

Getting ready for high tide

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Lisa's got a sick parrot

Lisa's got a sick parrot

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Sheila

Sheila

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The three pirateers

The three pirateers

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Tiz the pirate appeal at Tesco!

Tiz the pirate appeal at Tesco!

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Pirates in the customer services

Pirates in the customer services

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Adrian

Adrian

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Last look at the bar Closed!

Last look at the bar Closed!

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Sportsmans lounge

Sportsmans lounge

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CLOSED! The sportsman Heamoor

CLOSED! The sportsman Heamoor

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Lotus House Gone!

Lotus House Gone!

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Penzance Rare Books Shop closing down as of today!

Penzance Rare Books Shop closing down as of today!

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Unique closing down!

Unique closing down!

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Unique closing down!

Unique closing down!

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Ollie (Doc Mustard)

Ollie (Doc Mustard)

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1958 Lescudjack School photo

1958 Lescudjack School photo

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The fishermen of England

The fishermen of England

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Don't know his name

Don't know his name

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Andy

Andy

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Cosi Cafe

Cosi Cafe

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Cosi Cafe

Cosi Cafe

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Le Cafe

Le Cafe

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Harvey's World Travel

Harvey's World Travel

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