'ON THIS DAY' FEATURES
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3 Features
Steamed Potatoes - transport options for Penwith (23 May 1880)
There have been mutterings – and at times official complaints – for some time about railway freight charges. And as if that isn’t enough, trains to the north are slow, and the railway companies don’t seem to appreciate the need to catch the market....
Beefing it up at the West Cornwall Hospital (12 May 1941)
His Majesty driven off by house surgeon at the West Cornwall Hospital. Read all about it!
Daffodil Smuggling by Train (22 February 1943)
It’s spring, and the end of another weary, wartime winter. What could be finer than a bunch of Cornish daffodils, to brighten the home? A dealer who only gives a box number is crying out on the front page of the Cornishman for “Anemones, Violets, Daff.s, Etc”. He will take “any Quantity, for CASH”. He will pay “London prices”.
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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