Opening of St Michael's Cottages
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Opening of St Michael's Cottages

This photo taken in 1931 of St Marys Church Choir at the opening of St Michaels Cottages in New Street. Back Row: Canon Carr, Lawrence Snell (crucifer), Freddie Gendall, Bishop Walter Frere, Leonard Hawke, Bishops Chaplain, Richard Hall (Mayor of Penzance), (unknown churchwarden with staff), Donald Behenna (St Marys organist and choirmaster), Second Row: Mr Woolcock (churchwarden with staff), Dennis Snell, Basil Langridge, Raymond Jolly, Donald Hunt (killed in the war), Sidney Dunn (I believe), Jackie Gendall.Front Row: Selwyn Jolly, Sydney James Hawke, Bert Davey, Jimmy Merrifield (killed in the war).
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This photograph dates from c.1930 and was taken below St.Mary s church. Two of my uncles (both still alive) appear in the print as choirboys - Selwyn Jolly (far left) and Raymond Jolly (fifth from right).
 
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Donald Behena, the organist and choirmaster, was music teacher at PGS (Penzance Grammar School, as it was then known) and Humphry Davy Grammar School in the 1940s and 1950s, fondly known as Doffy .
 

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