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Rodney Bewes This is Your Life 1978

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Helston Museum

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Lizard Argyle Football Team March 6th 1982

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January 23, 2019

Polbrean House

Polbrean House is located just south of the lighthouse and was built around 1868, when a Mr Thomas Hart moved there from Falmouth. The picture showing the house and lighthouse…
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August 1, 2018

The Great Western Railway Bus Service 1903

“History was made when GWR hit upon running a bus service from Helston to The Lizard. GWR had plans drawn up to extend the railway from Helston to The Lizard.…
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February 1, 2018

House Bay Hotel, then and now

Not too many changes over the last 120 years or so? We are a village very well blessed with our public facilities, from our welcoming hostelries to our cafe's and…
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The Lizard Lights

Ah, the smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd  .......  Pantomime season is…
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The Chrysanthemum Show

Not so many years ago at the end of October and beginning of November The…
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Kynance Cliff House

Kynance Cliff House was built in 1938.  When the National Trust bought it in the…
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GWR Motor Bus Service

Beginning in 1903 Great Western Railway (GWR)  operated a motor bus service  between The Lizard  and Helston…
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Angelic wedding guests?
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The Lizard Light Railway
Lighthouse & Coastguards
Part Four: My Brief Career as a Lighthouse Keeper
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Part One: My Brief Career as a Lighthouse Keeper
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Part Three: My Brief Career as a Lighthouse Keeper
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Part Two: My Brief Career as a Lighthouse Keeper
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Lizard Stories
The legend of the 200 mass graves in Pistil Meadow
Lighthouse & Coastguards

The way we were: the auxiliary coastguards and volunteers on its final day

The first photograph below shows the final goodbye, or so we thought, of the auxiliary…
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The Way it was: The Church of St Wynwallow

The Lizard's beautiful church of St Wynwallow or Wynwalloe is believed to date from around…