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Lamorna Ref 1 Place 1 Cove 8 Lamorna Cove Penzance Lamorna Ref 1 Place 1 Cove 8 Lamorna Cove Penzance. J Salmon, Sevenoaks. Shows ruin in foreground, Cliff Cottage and Quay. Boats at sea. Colour. 1 Cove 11 Lamorna Cove. A H Hawkes, Helston. Shows ruin in foreground, Cliff Cottage and cottages behind it. BW 1 Cove 12 Lamorna Cove. J Arthur Dixon. Taken from Quay. Shows café on left and row of cottages on right. Flagstaff beyond. Hotel on hill. Colour. 1 Cove 24 'A November Mist' (1912). Painting of Lamorna by Australian Rose Lowcay (1889-1968). Rose Lowcay was so inspired by Lamorna that she called her home Lamorna. See Flagstaff 31 Summer 2013:4 1 Cove 42 'The Lamorna Valley' (1905). Painting of Lamorna by John Noble Barlow. Flagstaff 31 Summer 2013:5. 1 Cove 47 Postcard of Lamorna Cove by Arthur Dixon Studios. Colour. Postmarked 19/4/1965. Donated by D Sedgwick. 1 Cove 52 Postcard of Lamorna Cove, 1927. Frith Collection. 1 Cove 59 Negatives of pictures of the Lamorna Valley from Angela Wheeler. 1 Cove 124 Postcard of Lamorna Cove from the sea. Salmon Cameracolour. No date. 1 Cove 157 Copies of 3 postcards showing Lamorna Cove and including Flagstaff Cottage. From Adan Kerr. 1 Cove 161 Postcard captioned Lamorna Valley and Cove, Cornwall. Colour. Shows Cliff Cottage and cottages below quarry. Also Flagstaff Cottage. No other buildings when this postcard made. 1 Cove 162 Postcard with no caption on front but Lamorna on back. Black and White. Shows unmade road leading to Flagstaff Cottage. Shows Bay. 1 Cove 168 Postcard of Lamorna from Cliff Walk. British Manufacture HB 46077. No postmark 1 Cove 170 Postcard of Lamorna Cove 'Cornish Riviera'. Colour photo DEM Thomas, Truro, Postmarked 3/11/1958 1 Cove 179 Postcard of Lamorna Cove. J Salmon Ltd. No Postmark. 1 Cove 195 Carn Barges from Michael Williams and John Chard, Penzance to Lands End. 1 Cove 212 Postcard of Lamorna Cove near Penzance. 1 Cove 217 Postcard of Lamorna Valley and Cove Cornwall. Coloured. Number 11899 on card. 1 Cove 231 Lamorna Cove painted by Ronald McCausland-White , 14/6/1970. Note: Mr Ronald McCausland-White owned The Phoenix Art Gallery at Lavenham from 1950. In 1954 he started a small art club which continued to meet and occasionally exhibit there until 1960. That year the club adopted the Suffolk Art Society name and a formal constitution. A committee was elected and it was decided to operate independently of the gallery. 1 Cove 236 Postcard of Lamorna Valley and Cove showing Cliff House. Raphael Tuck & Sons. 1 Cove 253 Postcard of Carn Dhu Point from the Beach. Penpol Picturecards. No Date. From Darell Sedgwick. 1 Cove 255 Water colour painting of Lamorna Cove painted by Kenneth Trezise in the c1958 when Kenneth would have been about age 16. From Haydn Trezise. 1 Cove 259 Photo of Lamorna Harbour (Harvey Barton & Sons, Bristol). Show crane on old quay. Before car park. Gardens of cottages go down to beach. 1 Cove 287 Flagstaff Cottage can be seen above the cove. Birch would have looked down on this scene from his bedroom window during his final illness. We can see early work on constructing a car park. The ground has recently been concreted and a café has been built. The boats near the cottages belonged to the painter Denys Law. From Flagstaff 12 1 Cove 288 This shows the part of the cove where the toilets were constructed. Jack Small and his family lived in the huts. The postman on his rounds is unidentified. It is thought that by 1955 the practice of walking the mail from Mousehole, across the cliff meadows, had stopped and that the postman used a van. 04 March 2021 Page 1 of 24 Ref 1 Cove 314 Etching RT Pentreath 'Lamorna' published by H Basley. Shows quarry workings and timber jetty constructed in 1849. The jetty was replaced by a stone structure in 1854. Donated by Ron and Nina Sully. 1 Cove 337 Photo of the path leading to Flagstaff cottage. Hazel Ladner Album. 1 Cove 345 Photo of Lamorna Cove in the 1920s. From Susie Mitchell, Recollections of Lamorna 1977:18. 1 Cove 388 Early picture of Lamorna Cove from above. Shows quay with capstan. Boats at sea. Several cottages. Douglas Williams Collection. 1 Cove 472 Photo of black door on beach at Lamorna. Ann to describe 1 Cove 506 Lamorna Cove, 1900. The inn used to be called the Wink (they say) because you winked at the landlord to obtain some smuggled gin or brandy! In 1900 the quarry was working and small ships would arrive to take the granite blocks. Lamorna granite was in great demand and was used in the building of the Embankment in London, a new pier at Mousehole, and the Wolf Rock Lighthouse. Later, because the cove was too small for large ships, they manhandled large blocks of granite by road to Penzance for transport by sea. 1 Cove 509 Postcard with image of Lamorna Cove from an original painting by Nigel Hallard. Copyright Stevenson & Co, Cliff Cottage. Sent to Sheila from Barry and Ina Lambe, 09/06/2001 1 Cove 510 Print of Lamorna Quay by Huband. No details. 1 Cove 523 Photo of unknown event on Lamorna Quay. Cars and People. 1 Cove 533 Photo of Barry West by Lamorna Cross, 2013 1 Cove 553 Lamorna Cove, 1900. Photograph from Margaret Powell's family Album. 1 Cove 573 Painting of The Cornish Coast (Lamorna) by Waugh. No other information. 1 Cove 597 Postcard of Lamorna Cove published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, no date. 1 Cove 678 2 postcards of Lamorna Cove. Sedgwick Collection. 1 Cove 679 Postcard of Lamorna Cove. Sedgwick Collection. 1 Cove 680 Postcard of Lamorna Cove. Sedgwick Collection. 1 Cove 681 Postcard of Lamorna Cove. Sedgwick Collection. 1 Cove 686 Photo of Nude bathing at Lamorna. From Crocker family archive. 1 Cove 688 Photo of Lamorna Cove, nd. 1 Cove 716 Postcard of Lamorna Cove with Carn Dhu point, Judges Ltd, Hastings 1 Cove 718 Postcard of Lamorna Cove, Frith. Showing Flagstaff Cottage 1 Cove 720 Photo of Lamorna Cove, Frith. Showing Flagstaff Cottage 1 Cove 721 Lamorna. Four old photographs of the proposed caravan site at Lamorna Valley. A letter signed by protesting artists was published in the Times 11/12/1954 1 Cove 753 Postcard of Lamorna Cove with PZ 209 moored near pier. 1 Cove 768 5 photos of Lamorna dated 1912. From Peter Robinson. 1 Cove 777 Photo of Lamorna Cove, 5/10/2013. No other information. 1 Cove 789 Photo of Lamorna Cove. Margaret Follows 29/4/2018 1 Cove 1462 Postcard of Lamorna c1920. Donated by David Evans 1 Cove 1463 Postcard of Lamorna c1922. On the left is the lime kiln and above this the Magazine. At the top is Flagstaff Cottage. Donated by David Evans 1 Cove 1877 Is this the way to treat out harbour. Lamorna Cove, Western Morning News, 19/2/2008 1 Cove 2161 Postcard of Lamorna (Frith). Donated by Patricia Wilnecker. 1 Cove 2162 3 photos of Lamorna Cove taken by Patricia Wilnecker, 2009 1 Cove 2227 Why has Cove been allowed to decay, Cornishman 11/9/2008 1 Cove 2228 In 1983 the cove was purchased by Mr Ambrose Balsdon from Mr John Daniel, Cornishman 11/9/2008 1 Cove 2229 Fishing boats in Lamorna Cove by GH Jenkins. WMN 24/5/2008 1 Cove 2561 Mrs Bennett's refreshment rooms at Lamorna 04 March 2021 Page 2 of 24 Ref 1 Cove 2562 Mrs Penrose's refreshment rooms at Lamorna 1 Cove 2628 David Tovey spotted this photo on E-bay. Adam Kerr doesn't think it was taken in the garden of Flagstaff but in the lane below the garden at a spot known locally as Windy Corner. 'Impossible I think to identify anyone, but I wondered whether the shortish man third from left with a straight back was Stanley Gardiner. Looks like him. Might fill a vacant corner in the next Flagstaff. Looks to me like a Sunday afternoon shot - people wearing hats, ties and waistcoats'. Ben Hanley glass slide of Lamorna Cove, 1936. 1 Cove 2630 Irish Lady, photographed by Patricia M Wilnecker. This is the place depicted in the Lamorna Birch watercolour in Michael Trimble’s collection that members were asked to help identify in the last Flagstaff. Patricia says that it is between Land’s End and Sennen and the pinnacle to the right of the foreground is the Irish Lady. She took the photograph on June 10 2010 having got as close to Birch’s viewpoint as she could. 1 Cove 2641 View of Lamorna from JT Blight, A Week at Land End 1 Cove 2642 Early photograph of Lamorna Cove from above. 1 Cove 2710 Lamorna cove and Quarry taken in early 1900s. 1 Cove 2746 Old photo of Flagstaff and the Cove. 1 Cove 2767 Article. Catherine Pepinster, Fears for the future of idyllic Cornidh Cove that inspired artists. Lamorna Cove up for sale. Guardian 19/08/2018 2 Quay 126 Postcard of Lamorna Cove showing quay from an original watercolour by David Skipp. Legend of Lamorna. 2 Quay 130 Postcard of Lamorna Cove with PZ 209 on beach in harbour. Atmosphere postcards. Postcard posted June 2001 2 Quay 134 Photo of winch on Lamorna Quay used by fishing boats for landing fish. 2 Quay 199 Photo of Lamorna Quay taken by Denys Law. From Judy Russell. 2 Quay 200 Photo of Lamorna Quay taken by Denys Law. Crane on side. Quay in dilapidated state.
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