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Percuil River, Gerrans, Cornwall. 1912Ferry landing with schooner Emma to the left. Marine stores on the right with a motor car in the background and a photographer in the foreground, possibly Herbert Hughes. Photographer: T. Mitchell
Portscatho harbour, Gerrans, Cornwall. 1901Portscatho harbour and residents, looking outwards towards the sea. In this photograph, the harbours breakwater is visible. Photographer: Herbert Hughes
Fishermen with crab pots, Gerrans, Cornwall. Around 1900A view of fishermen with crab pots in their boat on the foreshore. Porthcurnick can be seen in the far background. Photographer: Unknown
Portscatho harbour, Cornwall. 1912Small fishing boats fill Portscatho harbour at low tide. Photographer: Herbert Hughes
Wreck of the barque Andromeda, Killygerran HeadGlass lantern slide from a lecture, entitled Some Historic Cornish Beauty Spots, given by Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, in around 1925
Portscatho harbour slipway and village, Gerrans, Cornwall. Early 1900sA group of children and a dog play and relax at the bottom of the boat slipway on a sunny summer afternoon
Percuil ferry landing, Gerrans, Cornwall. 1910Percuil (old spelling Porthcuel) landing with people waiting for the ferry on the beach as the pleasure steamer Roseland enters picture from the right. The moored old sailing vessel is not seaworthy
Trewithian Inn, Gerrans, Cornwall. 1912A smartly dressed man stands outside the Trewithian Inn, along with a horse and carriage. Photographer: Herbert Hughes
Portscatho harbour and village, Gerrans, Cornwall. 1901Children survey the boats of Portscatho harbour at low tide. Much of the village is visible behind them. Photographer: Herbert Hughes
Row boat near Gerrans, Cornwall. 1910sTwo well dressed women are rowed along the river by a boy. Cottages are visible in the background. Photographer: Unknown
Portscatho harbour, Gerrans, Cornwall. Early 1900sA view of the harbour at low tide, from the boat slip to the breakwater and the sea. A number of small boats are drawn up on the slip and others in the harbour
Portscatho harbour, Gerrans, Cornwall. Early 1900sA view of the harbour taken from the harbour wall at low tide. A number of small boats are drawn up on the slipway and a mixture of large and small fishing boats lie on the harbour beach
Percuil ferry landing, Gerrans, Cornwall. 1901A view looking up stream on Percuil (Porthcuel) River, of the ferry landing at Percuil (Porthcuel)
Boys at a rock pool, Cornwall. 1901Boys collecting seaweed from a rock pool. Part of the village of Portscatho is visible in the background. Photographer: John Charles Burrow
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