This is Union Terrace in the 1960's... You wont find Union Terrace in Penzance any more because it was pulled down to make way fro the brand new St Clares flats. This particular picture was taken opposite West Cornwall Hospital. Courtesy of Mrs Rose Hichens (St Clare dairy shop)
The old Penzance Union workhouse was built in 1838 at Madron. It was designed by George Gilbert Scott and his partner William Bonython Moffatt. Intended to accommodate 400 inmates, the Poor Law Commissioners authorised the sum of £6,050 on its construction.
Later it became the home to Madron...
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