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RNLI Padstow Lifeboat No. 2 Edmund Harvey with the tug Helen Peele alongside in the background, Padstow, Cornwall. 1901The photograph is thought to have been taken on the lifeboats inauguration day in 1901. She served from 1901 to 1929. The crew are all wearing cork life jackets
Fairground in Market Square, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. Around 1920A fairground ride, Chair-O-Planes, set up in Market Square (or Commercial Square). The Wellington Hotel can be seen in the background. Photographer: Unknown
Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993The giant pasty, which is baked in Polruan, ready to be taken by harbour tug across Fowey harbour. Members of the town band escort it, who this year are dressed as Chelsea pensioners
Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. June 1911City Hall exterior decorated with bunting for the Coronation of George V on 22nd June 1911. The water pump, fountain and drinking troughs are still in place. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan
Author Judith Cook, Fowey, Cornwall. October 1993Local author, Judith Cook, launches her new book To Brave Every Danger at the Fowey Hotel. The book is an account of eighteenth century highway woman and convicted felon
Motorcycle scramble, St Agnes, Cornwall. 1920sA motorcycle scramble with a motorbike and side-car. Probably taking place at Blue Hills, St Agnes. Photographer: Unknown
Taprell House Opening, North Street, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. May 1993Over 50 members of the Taprell family from America, Australia, Switzerland and Britain gathered for the opening of their forebears refurbished house in Lostwithiel
Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of CornwallCornwall Museums Partnerships Museum Development Officer introduces the 2018 Cornwall Heritage Award winners to the Duke of Cornwall
Author Barbara Fraser, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. May 1993Lostwithiel Historian Barbara Fraser signs copies of her book The Book of Lostwithiel. Mrs Fraser came to Lostwithiel with her husband, Ian, in the 1980s and wrote this history of the town in 1993
Christmas lights, Royal Cornwall Museum, River Street, Truro, Cornwall. 22nd November 2018A view of Royal Cornwall Museum decorated in Christmas lights. The lights were switched on the day before at the same time as the City of Lights, Truros midwinter lantern festival
Library Opening, Taprell House, North Street, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. April 1993The official opening ceremony of the new library in Lostwithiel was performed by Barbara Spring (left), chairman of the Library, Arts and Records committee of Cornwall County Council
Methodist Church Opening, North Street, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. February 1993After closing the Bank Chapel in Queen Street in 1988, the towns Methodists had no church of their own. However they now have a new chapel within the walls of the refurbished Taprell House
Playing Field Opening, Lanlivery, Cornwall. August 1993County Councillor, Meg Breckon, cuts the ribbon to officially open Lanliverys new playing field. It was funded with local donations
Royal British Legion, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. November 1992The Royal British Legion Womens section of the Mid-Cornwall Group commemorated their diamond jubilee in Lostwithiel. Formed on the evening of November 2nd 1932 by 34 women who got together in
RIC200 Events Board, Royal Cornwall Museum, River Street, Truro, Cornwall. 28th February 2018A view of the events board, advertising RIC200, outside Royal Cornwall Museum. The exhibitions and programme of events ran until January 2019 as part of the Royal Institution of Cornwalls bicentenary
World Wide Wonders exhibition, Royal Cornwall Museum, River Street, Truro, Cornwall. 4th March 2018A view of the Wonder Wall of the World Wide Wonders exhibition in the Treffry Gallery. The exhibition opened on 5th February 2018
Royal Institution of Cornwalls bicentenary celebration cake, Royal Cornwall Museum, River Street, Truro, CornwallBicentenary celebration cake made for the Royal Institution of Cornwalls bicentenary event for invited guests, members and friends to launch the full programme of events in 2018
Royal Cornwall Museum, River Street, Truro, Cornwall. 28th February 2018A view of Royal Cornwall Museum in the snow. The museum, art gallery and library was officially opened by the Prince of Wales on 11th June 1919
Procession on Bay Tree Hill, Liskeard, Cornwall. 6th July 1893The procession is in celebration of the marriage of the Duke of York (future King George V) to Princess Mary. The photograph is taken from Bay Tree Hill looking down to the procession emerging
Speed trials at Goonhavern, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. 23rd July 1923Motor cycle and light car club speed trials at Goonhavern on 23rd July 1923 showing a motor car, registration number AF 2766, at the start line
Naming ceremony of Mullions first lifeboat, the Daniel J. Draper, Penzance, Cornwall. 10th September 1867Launched on 10th September 1867 at Penzance, the boat was a gift from mostly Cornish Wesleyan Methodists in memory of the Reverend Daniel James Draper who perished in the tragic wreck of the SS
Mayors Ball, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. December 1989The official last event of Lostwithiel 800, the anniversary year of the Towns Charter, was the Mayors Ball attended by many local dignitaries
Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of CornwallThe Courtney Librarys Librarian Archivist talks to the Duke of Cornwall about some of the material held by the library. The Chairman of the Royal Institution of Cornwall
Duke of Cornwall views the Treffry Gallery during his visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary yearThe museums Assistant Collections and Exhibitions Officer discusses the World Wide Wonders exhibition with the Duke of Cornwall in the Treffry Gallery
Duke of Cornwall views the Treffry Gallery during his visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary yearThe Duke of Cornwall meets with the museums Assistant Collections and Exhibitions Officer and the creator of the Citizen Curators programme in the Treffry Gallery
Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of CornwallThe Director of the Royal Cornwall Museum escorts the Duke of Cornwall along the balcony towards the Treffry Gallery. The Chairman of the Royal Institution of Cornwall
Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of CornwallThe Duke of Cornwall talks with the museums Collections and Exhibitions Manager in the Main Gallery. The Director of the Royal Cornwall Museum looks
Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of CornwallThe Duke of Cornwall meets the museums Collections and Exhibitions Manager who talks about the new Cornish Timeline Interactive Touch Table in the Main Gallery
Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of CornwallThe Duke of Cornwall meets four of the museums volunteers. Cornwall Archaeological Units Director of Excavations at Tintagel looks
Duke of Cornwall views archaeology collections during a visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary yearCornwall Archaeological Units Director of Excavations at Tintagel discusses some of the archaeological discoveries at Tintagel with the Duke of Cornwall
Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of CornwallIn the Main Gallery, the Director of the Royal Cornwall Museum, Duke of Cornwall and Chairman of the Royal Institution of Cornwall view a reproduction of Cornwalls first Ordnance Survey Map dating
Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of CornwallIn the Main Gallery, the Duke of Cornwall, Director of the Royal Cornwall Museum and Chairman of the Royal Institution of Cornwall view a reproduction of Cornwalls first Ordnance Survey Map dating
Duke of Cornwall views geology collections during a visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year ofThe Duke of Cornwall talks to the Professor of Applied Mineralogy at the University of Exeters Camborne School of Mines about some of the important Cornish minerals on display in the Rashleigh
Duke of Cornwall views archaeology collections during a visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary yearThe Director of the Royal Cornwall Museum, introduces the Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Liaison Officer for Cornwall to the Duke of Cornwall
Duke of Cornwall views archaeology collections during a visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary yearThe Principle Archaeologist of Cornwall Archaeological Unit talks to the Duke of Cornwall about some Cornish archaeological artefacts
Duke of Cornwall views archaeology collections during a visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary yearThe Director of the Royal Cornwall Museum introduces the Principle Archaeologist of Cornwall Archaeological Unit to the Duke of Cornwall
Preparations for the Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the RoyalThe Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Liaison Officer for Cornwall prepares a selection of prehistoric artefacts to be viewed during the visit
Preparations for the Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the RoyalThe cleaning team ensure that every inch of the museum is spotless ahead of the royal visit. One of a series of images documenting the visit of the Royal Institution of Cornwalls patron
Preparations for the Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the RoyalMembers of the events team await the arrival of guests ahead of the royal visit. One of a series of images documenting the visit of the Royal Institution of Cornwalls patron
Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of CornwallThe Chairman of the Royal Institution of Cornwall and Director of the Royal Cornwall Museum escort the Duke of Cornwall through the museum at the end of the royal visit
Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of CornwallThe Duke of Cornwall meets volunteers at the Royal Cornwall Museum. The museums Volunteer Coordinator looks on. The photograph was taken in the Main Gallery
Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of CornwallThe Duke of Cornwall meets volunteers at the Royal Cornwall Museum. The photograph was taken in the Main Gallery, outside the entrance to the Bonython Gallery
Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of CornwallThe Duke of Cornwall meets volunteers at the Royal Cornwall Museum. The Chairman of the Royal Institution of Cornwall and the museums Volunteer Coordinator look
Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of CornwallThe Duke of Cornwall meets students from local primary schools who sung a special composition " This is Cornwall" upon his arrival at the museum
Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of CornwallThe Duke of Cornwall meets Royal Cornwall Museums Individual Gifts Manager. The photograph is taken in the Main Gallery. One of a series of images documenting the visit of the Royal Institution of
