Images Dated 2019 March

Football Team Reunion, Fowey, Cornwall. October 1992

The Mayor and Mayoress of Fowey were present at a reunion of players from the football club of 1952. Although many of them still live locally in Cornwall, one member made the trip from Derby to meet up with his old colleagues. Back row from left: Gary Barnard, 1992 Captain; Roger Bulley; Tony Davis; Keith Libby; Alan Jones; Ernie Libby and Eric Maunder. Front row from left: Donald Holder; Pauline Bulmer, Mayoress; Marilyn Wellman, Fowey Mayor; Donald Johnson and Colin Davis. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

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A distant view of the four wooden Marconi wireless towers at Poldhu, Mullion, Cornwall from Mullion Cove along the cliff. 1908

A distant view, taken from Mullion Cove, of the four wooden 200ft Marconi towers, signal station and Poldhu Hotel at Poldhu. This four mast arrangement was built by early 1902. The earlier two-masted tower installation which was used by Guglielmo Marconi to transmit the first transatlantic radio message on 12th December 1901, was damaged by storms. Poldhu was taken over by the Royal Navy after the First World War and continued to operate as a research station until 1933, after which the site was cleared and donated to the National Trust. A granite monument erected in 1937 by the Marconi Company now stands on the site. Mullion Cove hotel can be seen perched on the cliffs to the the right. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

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Torchlight Carnival, St Austell, Cornwall. November 1992

Launceston Young Farmers Club created a Spanish hacienda on their float for the first St Austell Torchlight Carnival. Organised by the St Austell White Gold Festival committee, they are hoping that the carnival will become an annual event. The 4 mile route took the procession from the town centre to the Cornwall Coliseum where there was a charity firework display. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

© RIC, photographer Jonathan Barker