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Gwinear Road to Helston by steam train
Podhu Radio Station
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Perkins Matthews Trophy collection was donated to Porthleven Museum by his son Tommy.
The collection consists of Porthleven Rover photgraphs and press cuttings of the teams, Photograph of his trophies, Badge and tie, and a sketch plus a couple of cricket team images.
The images can be viewed by clicking the download button and then view or...
The cross was erected to the memory of unknown sailors burried in the wrestling field.
It was donated by Frank Strike, a member of Helston Old Cornwall Society.
View the e flip book here
http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/flipdedication1949/index.html
or download the PDF
Donated...
Additional contribution from Neile Hawke extending our archives for the Strike family.
Three Porthleven Heroes
Captain Hannibal Strike
Captain Edward Carter Strike
Captain Thomas Strike DSC
Edward Carter Strike first went to sea with his elder brother, Hannibal, in about...
This photo album was donated by Phil Trevena having found it for sale in a shop.
Phil kindly made the purchase and donated it to Porthleven Museum.
If anyone comes across such material and would like to do something similar, we would be happy to do the necessaries. You can view the full album at this location http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/flipphotoalbumphiltrevena20/index.html#p=1
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A brief look at Old Porthleven - Women's Institute Scrapbook History of Porthleven
to open this book go to http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/oldporthlevenbook/index.html
Although you will see a price of £1 alongside this book, it is free to view.
The...
Images of Porthleven beach
To view this book go to
http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/flipbeach/index.html
Charles Ziemann 1914
Charles Ziemann, Hudson Bay trader of London was in Winnipeg today having arrived from a 30 days trip through the ice and snow fields of the far north in reaching this city from York factory about 500 miles away.
To read the rest of the press release and discover more click on the link to
There are a number of acts of Parliament governing the Harbour and Dock Company's procedures.
The dates ranged from the original in 1811 until the final act in 1869
The years they were released were 1811. 1813, 1816, 1821 and 1869
To view esch book seperately click on the relevant link
Porthleven Boats and Fishermen throughout the ages. Follow the link to see the book
http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/flipboatsandcrew/index.html
Porthleven Boats
To view book on Porthleven boats follow the link
http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/flipboats/index.html
Porthleven Boat Building
To view book on Porthleven boat building follow the link
http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/flipboatbuilding/index.html
This book contains images and text relating to Porthleven's Agriculture.
View the book http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/flipagriculture/index.html
Visit Out of the Blue Porthleven to see our full display of framed images
10 Volumes including index
As far as we are aware this is a totally unique record, a hand written Journal taking two years to complete by William (Bill) Oliver who lived in Torleven, Porthleven. He was the eldest of the two Oliver brothers, well known boat builders.
This was donated to the museum by Denis Oliver, son of Bill.
It starts with the early years and develops into...
A brief history of Paul Rosewarn's life including his WW1 experience having been awarded the DCM for the heroic part he played in the capture of a German machine gun nest in Belgium.
On Paul's return to Porthleven he established the first charabanc transport system in West Cornwall.
Read the family's memorabilia
http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/fliprosewarne/index.html
This is a complete copy of a hand written journal/ledger of produced in 1969 by William (Bill) Oliver, Denis Oliver's father who lived at Torleven Porthleven. He was the eldest of the two Oliver's brothers, well known boat builders. It is a unique record consisting of around 100 pages broken down into consecutive volumes.
To view volume 1 follow the link
Another hand written journal by Oliver Boatbuilders Porthleven.
A record from 1960
Volume 1, 2 and 3 of 3 Volumes consisting of double pages
http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/boatbuilding1960/flipvol1/index.html
http://www.porthlevenmuseum.org.uk/boatbuilding1960/flipvol2/index.html