'ON THIS DAY' FEATURES
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4 Features
Blue Jacket on the Rocks at the Longships (9 November 1898)
A clear night, a calm sea and only a short passage home to Cardiff. What could go wrong?
Mr Beddoes has a Difficult Day at Sennen (12 October 1891)
There a public, or is it private, enquiry in Sennen today. Did the lifeboatmen fail in their duty, that's the issue under scrutiny.
Rightful Heir Makes Landfall at Sennen? (7 September 1497)
Whitesands Bay, 7th September 1497. It's just 9 weeks since the execution of An Gof and here's a Plantagenet claimant hoping to rouse the Cornish in pursuit of the throne of England.
Relativity at the Land's End? (18 May 1933)
It is rumoured that Professor Albert Eistein, famous as the exponent of the space-time theory, is coming to live at Land's End.
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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