Images Dated 2020

Polruan, Cornwall, May 1949

View of the Cornish fishing village Polruan, May 1949. The Polruan-Fowey ferry landing can be seen in the image and a number of small fishing boats are moored up in the Fowey Estuary

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1940s, 1949, Boat, Cornish, Fishing, Fishing Village, Fowey, Fowey Estuary, May, Polruan, River Fowey, Spring, Village

GWR Publication, Through the Window, 1927

The GWR tourist guide, Through the Window, was first published in 1924. The guide was a travel companion for passengers on trains between London Paddington and Penzance, Birkenhead and Killarny. It provided comprehensive information on what could be viewed from the train window. This book, for between Paddington and Penzance, shows St Michael's Mount on the front cover

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Portelet Beach, Jersey, June 1925

A GWR publicity view of Portelet Beach on the south coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands. This image was taken in June 1925 from the sand and shows Portlet Tower, a Martello tower built during the Napoleonic wars in 1808 on the tidal island L'ile au Guerdain. Holidaymakers are strolling along the beach in the sunshine

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