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  1. Skilly Houses

    Skilly Houses

    The flat-roofed houses at Roskilly, or 'Skilly' as it was invariably called, still remain and many quarrymen and their families have occupied them. Originally these houses were known as the 'Welsh houses,' a reference to the men from South Wales who found jobs here. Ben Batten, ''Newlyn of...
  2. Old Newlyn Infants School

    Old Newlyn Infants School

    Now an artist's studio, this building at the top of Trewarveth Street used to be Newlyn Infants' School. Ben Batten in 'Newlyn Boyhood' writes: Near the top of Trewarveth Street you can see a fine granite building, surrounded by high iron railings, commanding a splendid view... For me it is...
  3. Vine Cottage

    Vine Cottage

    Trewarveth Street, Newlyn. In the 20's the caretaker of Newlyn Infants School next to Vine Cottage was Mr Francis, and Ben Batten in his book 'Nelwyn Boyhood' writes: Vine Cottage, where Mr Francis lived, did not belie its name. Facing the School, it had an extensive grapevine on the sunny wall...
  4. The Jelbert Queue

    The Jelbert Queue

    People line up on a sunny Saturday in late April for a Jelbert's with clotted cream. Is there anything better?
  5. Hidden Newlyn 2

    Hidden Newlyn 2

    Off Orchard Place, above the Fradgan, a corner of unspoilt Newlyn. Trinity Chapel can be seen.
  6. A Newlyn View

    A Newlyn View

    From the top of Belle Vue; the Mount, the harbour and a gull
  7. Newlyn View

    Newlyn View

    Penzance, Wherrytown and Tolcarne from Newlyn
  8. Passmore Edwards Institute and Art Gallery, Newlyn

    Passmore Edwards Institute and Art Gallery, Newlyn

    Foundation Stone laid 29th May 1895 by Passmore Edwards
  9. Lower Art Gallery Terrace

    Lower Art Gallery Terrace

    The older part of Art Gallery Terrace, Newlyn
  10. The Post Office

    The Post Office

    The Post Office in Newlyn on The Strand
  11. Hidden Newlyn 1

    Hidden Newlyn 1

    A timeless scene near Orchard Place above the Fradgan
  12. The Cliff

    The Cliff

    The road leading up from the harbour in Newlyn
  13. Newlyn Methodist Chapel

    Newlyn Methodist Chapel

    A beautiful sunny day in Newlyn
  14. Art Gallery Terrace

    Art Gallery Terrace

    On Sport Relief Mile day, 15 July 2006
  15. Blue Bay

    Blue Bay

    Boats and blue sea and the old green area and bench where the statue and new defences are now. Shame the grass had to go. And the bench come to think of it. I ate many a Jelberts on that bench! Tolcarne, Newlyn, May 2007
  16. Newlyn Pier

    Newlyn Pier

    Showing the base of the old sea wall from Tolcarne
  17. Fish Festival 2007

    Fish Festival 2007

    Lifeboat and gigs at the fish festival August 2007
  18. Looking across the prom to Newlyn

    Looking across the prom to Newlyn

    During the January Storms of 1990
  19. Another view of the Newlyn Art Gallery extension

    Another view of the Newlyn Art Gallery extension

    Construction of the controversial extension to the Passmore Edwards Art Gallery at Tolcarne, Newlyn. December 2006
  20. Trereife Crossroads

    Trereife Crossroads

    The A30 at Trereife crossroads. Compare with trepolpen's old picture postcard of the same view (albeit taken further back showing the junction). December 2006
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