Pictures Dated 12th July 2016

High Cross Post Office, Truro, Cornwall. Around 1900

A view from Kings Street looking across into High Cross with the Post office building built in 1886 by Silvanus Trevail in the centre of the picture. A group of people have taken the opportunity to pose for the camera. The clock in the Post Office window reads 10.35. The letter box set in the wall below the clock has a large V R with a crown between the lettering. The gas lamp with a boy leaning against it has a mantle with the words Post Office on the glass. On the roof of the Post Office a telegraph pole and wires can be seen. F. E. Argall's photographic studio can be seen on the right, alongside R.J. Hendra's plumbing shop. Just in the picture on the right is a building that was a theatre. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan.

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Rugby Union match, Redruth, Cornwall. 28th March 1912

A crowd of 17,000 watching a County Championship Final between Cornwall and Durham at Redruth. The photograph is thought to have been taken in the first half and shows a scrum. Cornwall, in the striped shirts, won 17-3 and, by winning the trophy, went on to represent Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Only two teams competed and Great Britain (Cornwall) were defeated by Australasia 32-3. They did however come away with an Olympic silver medal. Photographer: Samuel John Govier.

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