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Old Cornwall Societies Collection

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Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall

Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall. 1978 or possibly 1977
Charles Woolf (1907-1984), photographer and President of Newquay Old Cornwall Society in 1977, is pictured possibly with Mrs A. Gillis. The photograph was taken on the occasion of a society dinner

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: An Old Cornwall Society group at Fentongollan, Merther, Cornwall

An Old Cornwall Society group at Fentongollan, Merther, Cornwall. Date unknown but probably around 1920s
An Old Cornwall Society group posing for a photograph at Fentongollan. Photographer Arthur William Jordan

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Lambessow, St Clement, Cornwall. Probably 1923

Lambessow, St Clement, Cornwall. Probably 1923
A group looking at remains of an old wall in a field at Lambessow. The photograph is thought to have been taken during a pilgrimage by members of Truro Old Cornwall Society in 1923

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall

Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall. 1978 or possibly 1977
Charles Woolf (1907-1984), photographer and President of Newquay Old Cornwall Society in 1977, is pictured (left) shaking hands with a gentleman wearing a chain of office

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall

Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall. 1978 or possibly 1977
Lined up on the dance floor from left to right: possibly Mr and Mrs Spencer Howlett (President of the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies)

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall

Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall. 1978 or possibly 1977
Lined up on the dance floor from left to right: possibly Mr and Mrs Spencer Howlett (President of the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies)

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall

Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall. 1978 or possibly 1977
Lined up on the dance floor from left to right: possibly Mr and Mrs Spencer Howlett (President of the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies)

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall

Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall. 1978 or possibly 1977
Lined up on the dance floor from left to right: possibly Mr and Mrs Spencer Howlett (President of the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies)

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall

Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall. 1978 or possibly 1977
Seated for dinner, from left to right: Jessica Mann (1937-2018), novelist and broadcaster, also known by her married name Jessica Thomas; possibly Stuart Beard

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall

Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall. 1978 or possibly 1977
Seated for dinner, from left to right: unknown man; possibly Mrs Beard; possibly Spencer Howlett President of the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; Jessica Mann (1937-2018)

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall

Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall. 1978 or possibly 1977
Charles Woolf (1907-1984), photographer and President of Newquay Old Cornwall Society in 1977, is standing on the far right

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall

Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall. 1978 or possibly 1977
Charles Woolf (1907-1984), photographer and President of Newquay Old Cornwall Society in 1977, is standing on the far right

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall

Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall. 1978 or possibly 1977
Professor Charles Thomas (1928-2016), archaeologist, historian and Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies, Camborne, is pictured with an unidentified woman wearing a Cornish kilt

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall

Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall. 1978 or possibly 1977
Charles Woolf (1907-1984), photographer and President of Newquay Old Cornwall Society in 1977, is pictured (left) shaking hands with a gentleman wearing a chain of office

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall

Newquay Old Cornwall Society / Federation of Old Cornwall Societies dinner, Newquay, Cornwall. 1978 or possibly 1977
Charles Woolf (1907-1984), photographer and President of Newquay Old Cornwall Society in 1977, is pictured possibly with Mrs A. Gillis. The photograph was taken on the occasion of a society dinner

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Lambessow, St Clement, Truro, Cornwall. Probably 1923

Lambessow, St Clement, Truro, Cornwall. Probably 1923
A group of people in front of the remains of a wall at Lambessow. Identified as probably the orchard at Lambessow by A.C. Thomas (1928-2016) in 1989

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Lambessow, St Clement, Cornwall. 1923

Lambessow, St Clement, Cornwall. 1923
A view of a cowshed at Lambessow. The building is possibly the former site of the Duchy prison in the 11th century. The photograph was taken during a pilgrimage by members of Truro Old Cornwall

Background imageOld Cornwall Societies Collection: Lambessow, St Clement, Cornwall. Probably 1923

Lambessow, St Clement, Cornwall. Probably 1923
A view of the gardens and front of Lambessow Manor with a small crowd of people to the left. The photograph is thought to have been taken during a pilgrimage by members of Truro Old Cornwall Society



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