'ON THIS DAY' FEATURES
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4 Features
Penzance: Strip-lighted Castles in the Air (3 December 1934)
Penzance is looking to the future and Newquay is the competition. Strip lights on the prom, broadcasts concerts and to cap it all, an aerodrome, that'll do it!
Botallack: Tourist Destination of the 1860s (17 August 1868)
When R.M. Ballantyne, celebrated author of boys' adventure stories such as Coral Island, went underground at Botallack on 17th August 1868 he was just one of many to visit the wonder mine of the west and sign the sign the Vistors Book.
Total Eclipse of the Sun (11 August 1999)
Tide overshadows eclipse at Marazion amd "Cornwall Full" alarms....
Taking to the Waters at Penzance (2 May 1823)
What could be a more delightful to a town with aspirations to become a sought-after watering place, than a commodious bathing machine?
Penwith Local History Group
c/o Morrab Library
Morrab Gardens
Penzance, Cornwall
TR18 4DA
Penwith Local History Group
Penzance, Cornwall
Penzance, Cornwall
The Morrab Library showing the new extension.
Photo Glyn Richards
Photo Glyn Richards
This month's featured photograph:
Higher Bal, Levant Mine. Engine house for dual purpose pumping and winding engine. Stonecrop in foreground.
Photography Ted Mole
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Higher Bal, Levant Mine. Engine house for dual purpose pumping and winding engine. Stonecrop in foreground.
Photography Ted Mole
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