Occasion Collection

RNLI Padstow Lifeboat No. 2 Edmund Harvey with the tug Helen Peele alongside in the background, Padstow, Cornwall. 1901
The 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 1920
A fairground ride, Chair-O-Planes, set up in Market Square (or Commercial Square). The Wellington Hotel can be seen in the background. Photographer: Unknown

Lower Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall. Probably 1911
A view of Lower Lemon Street looking from Lemon Bridge towards Farrows Bank and the Red Lion Hotel in Boscawen Street. The street is decorated with flags and garlands

Lower Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall. Probably 1911
A view of Lower Lemon Street looking from Lemon Bridge towards Farrows Bank and the Red Lion Hotel in Boscawen Street. The street is decorated with flags and garlands

Author Judith Cook, Fowey, Cornwall. October 1993
Local 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

Taprell House Opening, North Street, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. May 1993
Over 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 Cornwall
Cornwall Museums Partnerships Museum Development Officer introduces the 2018 Cornwall Heritage Award winners to the Duke of Cornwall

Author Barbara Fraser, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. May 1993
Lostwithiel 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

Royal Visit, Truro Cathedral, Truro, Cornwall. Probably 1911
Prince Edward the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VIII and Prince Albert the Duke of York, the future King George VI arriving at the cathedral on a private visit

Library Opening, Taprell House, North Street, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. April 1993
The 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 1993
After 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

Royal British Legion, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. November 1992
The 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

Procession on Bay Tree Hill, Liskeard, Cornwall. 6th July 1893
The 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 1923
Motor 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 1867
Launched 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

Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of Cornwall
The 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 year
The 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 year
The 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 year
The 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 year
The 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 Cornwall
The 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 Cornwall
The 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 Cornwall
The 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 Cornwall
The 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 year
Cornwall 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 Cornwall
In 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 Cornwall
In 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 of
The 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 year
The 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 year
The 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 year
The 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 Royal
The 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 Royal
The 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 Royal
Members 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 Cornwall
The 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 Cornwall
The 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 Cornwall
The 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 Cornwall
The 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 Cornwall
The 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 Cornwall
The 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 Cornwall
The 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

Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of Cornwall
The Duke of Cornwall meets members of staff from the Royal Cornwall Museum. Standing, from left to right, are the Individual Gifts Manager and the museums two Marketing Officers

Duke of Cornwalls visit to the Royal Cornwall Museum to mark the bicentenary year of the Royal Institution of Cornwall
Cornwall Museums Partnerships Museum Development Officer introduces the 2018 Cornwall Heritage Award winners to the Duke of Cornwall. The Chairman of Cornwall Museums Partnership looks

Beating the Bounds, The Green, Truro, Cornwall. 4th October 1912
A large crowd of boys watching the Beating of Truro City land bounds on the Green. Beating the Bounds is an old tradition whereby officials of the parish share their knowledge of the boundaries of

Rotarians from India visiting Lostwithiel, Cornwall. March 1993
Four overseas visitors from Southern India on an International Rotary Club study exchange were treated to dinner by their counterparts of the Rotary Club of Lostwithiel

Edward Prince of Wales, Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. 11th June 1919
The Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall (later to become King Edward VIII) with a crowd outside City Hall. During his visit to Truro

George Prince of Wales and Princess Mary driving down Richmond Hill, Truro, Cornwall. 15th July 1903
The Prince and Princess of Wales, later King George V and Queen Mary, in a carriage driving down Richmond Hill for the Benediction of the cathedral nave

Group including the Mayor and other dignitaries, Truro, Cornwall. Early 1900s
The photograph is said to have been taken at the opening of Truro Bowling Club but this seems doubtful. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

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