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A very heavy gale sprang from the south on Good Friday 14th April 1922, and heavy seas experienced in Mount's Bay. Penzance suffered in this respect more than it has done for a considerable time past. The scene on the Promenade, from a spectacular point of view, was magnificent. The wind...

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This photo may be seen in the Ship Inn where I snapped it in January this year (2011). It's some wave but the quay is still intact more than 27 years later!

A joyous thing; to watch the spray on a stormy day in Spring. 9/4/09

An unexpected treat today! 9/4/09

Make sure you get a safe spot to take your photos! 9/4/09

The Prom is obscured by a wave. 9 April 2009

Huge waves overnight have left pebbles and stones covering the path between Newlyn and Penzance. 10 February 2009

Casino, Penzance Promenade after Ash Wednesday storm 7th March 1962 - copyright S.Row picture uploaded by Simon Row1

Casino, Penzance Promenade after Ash Wednesday storm 7th March 1962 picture uploaded by Simon Row1

Unseasonable weather lashes the front at Tolcarne by Newlyn Green

During the January Storms of 1990

Looking towards the Prom past the Bath Inn on the right

Even on the far side of the Prom where foliage and the children's play park is today, slabs were removed by the force of the water issuing from the waves and their spray on the seaward side. Note the Beachfield Hotel which has changed little.

It's a wonder the Tolcarne Inn was still standing after this. I guess their cellars were sodden. I doubt if anyone tried one of their beers the next day!

You'd be glad not to have parked your car here by the Tolcarne Inn, Newlyn

This boat was found thus near the Tolcarne Inn at Newlyn

This section of the Promenade is also breached badly. The rubble on the shore tells its own story. The construction of the old Promenade is shown well here. No lip as with the new one to curl back the waves.

The path to Newlyn from Lariggan was a trail of rubble and the grassy sward more like a duck pond.

Such was the force of the storm that the lamp standard was felled by the waves and the Bolitho Gardens (where the loo opposite Lidl's today stands) were destroyed and therefore rendered useless. This shows how far up the waves came to wreak their wicked will!