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Fowey Collection (#2)

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Background imageFowey Collection: New Mayor, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1998

New Mayor, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1998
The new Mayor of Fowey, Anne Boosey (centre) posed on the town quay, in front of Fowey harbour. The Mayor is standing with, from left to right: Michael Penprase, Town Crier; Paul Caswell

Background imageFowey Collection: New Mayor, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1999

New Mayor, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1999
The new Mayor of Fowey, Paul Caswell with the Town Crier, Michael Penprase. They are posed in front of Fowey Parish Church. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

Background imageFowey Collection: Christmas Lights, Fowey, Cornwall. December 1992

Christmas Lights, Fowey, Cornwall. December 1992
Switching on the Christmas lights are Town Crier, Michael Penprase; Fowey Mayor, Marilyn Wellman; Father Christmas; Mayoress, Pauline Bulmer

Background imageFowey Collection: Christmas Lights, Fore Street, Fowey, Cornwall. December 1992

Christmas Lights, Fore Street, Fowey, Cornwall. December 1992
Christmas lights decorate Fore Street for the festive season. Traditionally the lights are switched on by the Mayor, Town Crier and Father Christmas

Background imageFowey Collection: House Fire, North Street, Fowey, Cornwall. November 1992

House Fire, North Street, Fowey, Cornwall. November 1992
The remains of a house fire at No 12 North Street, Fowey. Over 50 firefighters fought the blaze through the night, which started in the kitchen at 6pm the previous day

Background imageFowey Collection: Book Launch, Fowey, Cornwall. October 1992

Book Launch, Fowey, Cornwall. October 1992
Fowey authoress Ann Hutton, who writes under the name of Barbara Whitnell, launched her latest book, Charmed Circle, at a reception held in the Fowey Hotel

Background imageFowey Collection: Saints Way Walk, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1991

Saints Way Walk, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1991
Scouts from Lostwithiel and Sticker with members of the St Austell and Par Scout Fellowship took a weekend to walk the ancient Saints Way from Padstow to Fowey

Background imageFowey Collection: Sponsored Float, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. June 1991

Sponsored Float, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. June 1991

Background imageFowey Collection: Catherine Trevail, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1991

Catherine Trevail, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1991
106 years old Catherine Trevail (centre), believed to be the oldest person in Cornwall, shows her card from the Queen to Ivan and Sue Rabey, Mayor and Mayoress of Restormel

Background imageFowey Collection: Mayor Making, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1991

Mayor Making, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1991
The new mayor of Fowey, Hilda Court, pictured with her husband Clem. This was Mrs Courts fourth term as mayor and said that next year she would retire to the back-benches

Background imageFowey Collection: Kriss Akabusi, Fowey, Cornwall. September 1991

Kriss Akabusi, Fowey, Cornwall. September 1991

Background imageFowey Collection: Tourist Information Centre, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1991

Tourist Information Centre, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1991
Fowey couple, Bernard and Lynn Goold, are believed to be the first husband and wife team in the country to both gain their City and Guilds in Tourist Information Competency

Background imageFowey Collection: Naval Reunion, Fowey, Cornwall. October 1991

Naval Reunion, Fowey, Cornwall. October 1991
Naval veterans revisited Fowey for a reunion of their wartime colleagues and met with the mayor, Hilda Court. Men of the Royal Navy 551 Assault Flotilla Group were stationed in the port in 1945

Background imageFowey Collection: Town Crier New Cloak, Fowey, Cornwall. December 1991

Town Crier New Cloak, Fowey, Cornwall. December 1991

Background imageFowey Collection: Fowey Community School, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1991

Fowey Community School, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1991
Pupils and teachers of Fowey Community School celebrate non-uniform day in all sorts of gear. A regular fixture on the schools calendar it raises many thousands of pounds every year for charities

Background imageFowey Collection: Mayor Making, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1996

Mayor Making, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1996
After the Mayor Making ceremony the civic dignitaries gather on the town quay. The ceremony takes place in the town hall, adjoining the quay

Background imageFowey Collection: Carnival Fairy Group, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1990

Carnival Fairy Group, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1990
The Fowey Carnival Fairy Group after the crowning which took place in the grounds of Fowey Hall Hotel. From left to right: Guy Raymond, Page Boy; Beth Dooley and Sophie Rowe

Background imageFowey Collection: Carnival Queen Group, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1990

Carnival Queen Group, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1990
The Fowey Carnival Queen Group are crowned by musician Peter Skellern, who had a home nearby. Carnival Queen is Lara Leach with Attendants Emma Dooley (left) and Samantha Wood (right)

Background imageFowey Collection: Livestock Unit, Fowey Community School, Fowey, Cornwall. July 1990

Livestock Unit, Fowey Community School, Fowey, Cornwall. July 1990
Students of Fowey Community School tend to the livestock in their specially created unit in a barn at the school. The catchment area of the school includes many rural communities where farming is a

Background imageFowey Collection: Penhale Caravan Park, Fowey, Cornwall. January 1990

Penhale Caravan Park, Fowey, Cornwall. January 1990
Up to ten caravans on Penhale Caravan Park in Fowey were destroyed during a fierce overnight storm which raged through the night and into the next day

Background imageFowey Collection: Fallen Tree, Fowey, Cornwall. January 1990

Fallen Tree, Fowey, Cornwall. January 1990
A digger removes a fallen tree lying across the Fowey to Lostwithiel road near Castle Dore. The storms raged through the night and into the next day, flipping over caravans at a nearby site

Background imageFowey Collection: Clay jetty at Fowey Harbour, Cornwall. Early 1900s

Clay jetty at Fowey Harbour, Cornwall. Early 1900s
View of the clay jetty showing the Great Western Railway clay wagons ready to load with the SS Hero being loaded. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Background imageFowey Collection: Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
This group of jockeys are ready for the off. They won second prize in their class in the carnival. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

Background imageFowey Collection: Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
The Bowden family and friends form a medical group as their entry in the carnival. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

Background imageFowey Collection: Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
The town band, on the Fowey harbour tug Penleath, makes its way across the water to Fowey carrying the giant pasty which will be cut up and distributed among local

Background imageFowey Collection: Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
Jim Peirce, leader of the town band, with his band dressed as Chelsea pensioners, accompany the giant pasty on one of the harbour tugs, Penleath, as it makes its way across the harbour to Fowey

Background imageFowey Collection: Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
The giant pasty, which is baked in Polruan, is paraded through the streets of the village and taken by harbour tug across Fowey harbour

Background imageFowey Collection: Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
First in their class were this group of Egyptian maidens who brought a pyramid with them to Fowey carnival. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

Background imageFowey Collection: Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
Robin Hood and his Merry Men, including a couple of Maid Marians, hiding away in Sherwood Forest, is the entry from Fowey Brownies, with Emma Penprase (left) and Kerri Wellington

Background imageFowey Collection: Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
Leading the noisy town band is Jim Peirce in a pony and trap. The town band always led the carnival procession, leaving the carnival site 15 minutes before the main floats and groups

Background imageFowey Collection: Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
Getting ready for Christmas are the Collings family, pictured with their float at the carnival. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

Background imageFowey Collection: Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
Members of the Troy Players theatre group dance a stately gavotte around the town during the carnival. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

Background imageFowey Collection: Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
A topical theme for this group of friends in Fowey Carnival, who gained a third prize for their entry as Foweys Scooper Troopers. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

Background imageFowey Collection: Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
Fowey Playgroup came along to the Carnival as a Toy Town Band complete with drums and top hats. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

Background imageFowey Collection: Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
Fowey Regatta Week carnival fairy queen Rachel Bell, right, with attendants Suzanne Kitson and Kate Osbrink and page boy Martin Middlewood. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

Background imageFowey Collection: Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
Fowey Regatta Week carnival queen Rachel Wellington, centre, with her attendants Holly Raymond and Laura McCartney. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

Background imageFowey Collection: Fowey Regatta Queen, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1992

Fowey Regatta Queen, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1992
After a wait of 53 years, the uncrowned carnival queen of Fowey, Winifred Finding, finally had her day. She was chosen as queen in 1939 but missed out on her crowning when war broke out

Background imageFowey Collection: Red Arrows, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1992

Red Arrows, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1992
The RAF display team, the Red Arrows, perform a manoeuvre over Fowey harbour during Fowey Regatta Week. The team had performed every year since the late 1970s until safety concerns in the late 2010s

Background imageFowey Collection: Mayor Making, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1995

Mayor Making, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1995
The line up on the Town Quay at the Fowey Mayor Making Ceremony are, from left to right: Michael Penprase, Town Crier; Rev

Background imageFowey Collection: Mayor Making, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1993

Mayor Making, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1993
After the Fowey mayor-making for the incoming mayor, the dignitaries line up on the Town Quay. From left to right: Andy McCartney, Macebearer; Roger Blount, Deputy Mayor; Rhona Foster

Background imageFowey Collection: New Mayor, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1998

New Mayor, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1998
The new Mayor of Fowey, Anne Boosey, posed on the town quay in front of Fowey harbour. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

Background imageFowey Collection: New Mayor, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1999

New Mayor, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1999
The new Mayor of Fowey, Paul Caswell (right), with his deputy, Norman Mason. They are posed in front of Fowey Parish Church. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

Background imageFowey Collection: Christmas Lights, Fore Street, Fowey, Cornwall. December 1992

Christmas Lights, Fore Street, Fowey, Cornwall. December 1992
Christmas lights decorate Fore Street for the festive season. Traditionally the lights are switched on by the Mayor, Town Crier and Father Christmas

Background imageFowey Collection: Catherine Trevail, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1991

Catherine Trevail, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1991
106 years old Catherine Trevail, believed to be the oldest person in Cornwall at that time, shows her card from the Queen to Hilda Court, Mayor of Fowey

Background imageFowey Collection: Mayor Making, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1991

Mayor Making, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1991
The new mayor of Fowey and her attendants line up on the Town Quay. This was Mrs Courts fourth term as mayor and said that next year she would retire to the back-benches

Background imageFowey Collection: Christmas Lights, Fowey, Cornwall. December 1991

Christmas Lights, Fowey, Cornwall. December 1991
Father Christmas with Hilda Court, Town Mayor and Michael Penprase, Town Crier, at the switching on of the Christmas lights throughout the town

Background imageFowey Collection: Town Crier New Cloak, Fowey, Cornwall. December 1991

Town Crier New Cloak, Fowey, Cornwall. December 1991

Background imageFowey Collection: Mayor Making, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1996

Mayor Making, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1996
After the Mayor Making ceremony, the civic party gather on the town quay. The ceremony takes place in the town hall, adjoining the quay




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