Images Dated 21st July 2018

Opening ceremony of the Royal Cornwall Museum, River Street, Truro, Cornwall. 11th June 1919

Group photograph, taken on the balcony, at the opening ceremony of the museum on 11th June 1919. John Charles Williams of Caerhays, President of the Royal Institution of Cornwall and Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, sits in the presidential chair. The Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall (later to become King Edward VIII), sits to the left of centre and is wearing the uniform of Commander in Chief, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. The Mayor of Truro, thought to be W.A. Phillips, sits to the right. Prior to this date, the collections of the Royal Institution of Cornwall had been housed in part of the former home of the Vivian family in Union Place, Truro. Photographer: Opie Ltd

© From the collection of the RIC

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