Images Dated 21st July 2018

Mayors Ball, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. December 1989

The official last event of Lostwithiel 800, the anniversary year of the Town's Charter, was the Mayor's Ball attended by many local dignitaries. Back row from left to right: Cyril Bunn, journalist; Glenys Foote; Burness Bunn, journalist; Rod Keast; Linda Austen; Martin Austen, Rotary President; Paul Brewer, Lostwithiel 800 Chairman; Mrs Burden, Bodmin Mayoress; Ned Moffatt, Liskeard Escort; Iris Down, Restormel Mayoress; Jill Blanchard and John Blanchard; Fran Dennison, Lostwithiel Town Clerk. Front row from left to right: Jim Burden, Bodmin Mayor; Robert Hicks, MP South East Cornwall; Dawn Hutchings and Dennis Hutchings, Lostwithiel Mayor; George Down, Restormel Mayor; Joan Moffatt, Liskeard Mayor. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

© RIC, photographer Jonathan Barker

Close up view of Lizard lighthouse with a lady at the gate, Landewednack, Cornwall. Around 1905

A Trinity House notice, dated 1905, gives opening hours for the public. The lighthouse was built by Thomas Fonnereau in 1751 as a twin coal-fired light, converted to oil in 1811, and electricity in 1874. A rotating lens was installed in the eastern tower in 1903 and the western tower light removed. The lighthouse was automated in 1998. Photographer: Possibly Arthur Philp

© From the collection of the RIC