Slide Collection

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Days Gone By: Pioneer

After a rather more extended hiatus than we'd anticipated, our slide collection posts are now back on track. We're kicking things off for 2012 with this beautiful, photograph from the 1920s. It shows passengers boarding the fishing vessel 'Pioneer', for one of the regular sea excursions around to Lamorna Cove. It looks charming and dignified, and is making us long for summer days on calm waters.

The Poineer was built by the Paynters of St.Ives in 1899, and was one of the first such vessels to be fitted with a steam engine. It was owned by the Hendy family, originally worked out of St.Ives, and after some war service, fished out of Newlyn until 1966. At some stage her steam engine was replaced with a Kelvin Internal Combustion Engine. She was restored, and then relaunched in 1999.

We believe this information is correct, but as always, would appreciate your input - any corrections, more info or comments are most welcome and encouraged. Thank you. 

We asked members with bulging bookshelves of their own if they'd like to bring surplus volumes to the library and sell them on their own little stalls. We were deluged! So, on the 18th there will be stalls in every room of the library - and a wide-ranging array of stock is promised - children's books to local history to contemporary fiction and all things in between. Come along to expand your collection, and support the library at the same time (10% of all proceeds go to the library).