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Background imageNational Collection: RNLI lifeboat Arab I at the quay, Padstow, Cornwall. 1883-1900

RNLI lifeboat Arab I at the quay, Padstow, Cornwall. 1883-1900
The lifeboat Arab I under sail off the quay at Padstow with the railway yards in the background. The lifeboat has a full compliment of women

Background imageNational Collection: RNLI lifeboat Arab II at Harlyn Bay, St Merryn, Cornwall. Around 1908

RNLI lifeboat Arab II at Harlyn Bay, St Merryn, Cornwall. Around 1908
The RNLI Lifeboat Arab II being towed across the sands at Harlyn Bay to be launched, followed by a mixed group of men, women and children

Background imageNational Collection: Skopelos Sky shipwreck at Port Isaac, Cornwall. 15th December 1979

Skopelos Sky shipwreck at Port Isaac, Cornwall. 15th December 1979
The wreck of the Greek Skopelos Sky cargo vessel which ran aground at Hells Mouth, Port Isaac in December 1979 during hurricane force winds

Background imageNational Collection: Wreck of the SS Fleswick at the entrance to Hayle Estuary, Cornwall. 29th January 1902

Wreck of the SS Fleswick at the entrance to Hayle Estuary, Cornwall. 29th January 1902
On 28th January 1902 the crew of the Hayle lifeboat E.F. Harrison rescued eleven men and a pilot from the grounded 195 ton screw steamer Fleswick which, inward bound to Hayle with coal from Neath

Background imageNational Collection: Fowey Town Crier, Fowey, Cornwall. July 1992

Fowey Town Crier, Fowey, Cornwall. July 1992

Background imageNational Collection: Naming ceremony of Mullions first lifeboat, the Daniel J. Draper, Penzance, Cornwall

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

Background imageNational Collection: Sponsored Float, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. June 1991

Sponsored Float, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. June 1991

Background imageNational Collection: Carnival at Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. Probably 1920s

Carnival at Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. Probably 1920s
The Carnival at Perranporth with several children in fancy dress. The little boy in the centre is dressed as John Bull. There are also several onlookers, and a stagecoach behind

Background imageNational Collection: Godolphin House, Breage, Cornwall. Around 1925

Godolphin House, Breage, Cornwall. Around 1925
The main facade; a collonade of massive granite pillars leads into the quadrangle through an old Jacobean doorway with carved oak doors


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