St John's Ambulance Headquarters Penzance

Hi Treeve, My cousin Charlie Symons was and still is involved with St.Johns and has been for longer than I can remember, if you like I can PM his Home phone or e-mail to you. He s spent more hours there than you can throw a stick at. He was a carpenter and joiner and maybe able to shed some light on the building for you.

Thank you very much ... the email address would be very helpful; I see that they are attempting to clean off that rather expressive pediment.

Can t help with the history, sorry. I often went with my parents to shop in Pz and we would park our motor-bike and sidecar in the little covered motor-cycle park, as it was then, adjacent to this building. Sometimes we would see an ambulance being polished. This is one of a wealth of fine deco and modernist buildings in the Mount s Bay area. And this one has a lovely smile too!