Images Dated 2017 September

Kynance Bay House, The Lizard, Landewednack, Cornwall. Early 1900s

A view of Kynance Bay House, located on the edge of Lizard village. The Victorian house was built in 1888. Photographer: Unknown

© From the collection of the RIC

Architecture, Beach, Building, Coast, Coastal, Coastline, Cornish, Glasshouse, Greenhouse, Peninsula, Property, Sea, Southerly

A.L. Rowse in Lostwithiel, Cornwall. November 1985

Born at Tregonissey near St Austell, Alfred Leslie Rowse was well known as an expert on Elizabethan England and his poetry about Cornwall is highly regarded. He was also a Shakespearean scholar and biographer. Despite his parents being poor and semi-illiterate he won a place at St Austell Grammar School (Poltair School) and then a scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford. He is pictured with Gwen Powell-Jones, Lostwithiel Mayor, and Canon H Miles Brown, local historian. The group are holding some of the town's regalia. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

© RIC, photographer Jonathan Barker

Morris men, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. June 1984

The Trigg Morris Men based in Bodmin performing in Parade Square, Lostwithiel. Their name comes from The Hundred of Trigg, an ancient administrative area in Mid Cornwall. They perform dances in the Cotswold style with sticks and handkerchiefs. The Trigg are a men only side but encourage ladies to join a sister group at Tywardreath, 5 miles down the road. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

© RIC, photographer Jonathan Barker