B/w print

Acc.no: PEZPH : 2001.120.1831

Identification

Item: Outside St John's Hall, Penzance

Description: This photograph was taken at the side of St John's Hall, Guildford Road, Penzance in the 1950s. The car in front, registration no. DDY377, is an Austin 12/4 'London' taxi on a modified A12/4 chassis made by London Coachbuilders in the London area and registered in June 1937. The two men in Cornwall County Council Ambulance Service uniform on the left are William (Bill) Angwin and Jim Opie. They were members of the Ambulance Service during the day but also members of the Penzance St John Ambulance. The bus is parked outside of the police station. The white building to the back of the photograph is the St.John Ambulance Headquarters. Sometime after this photograph was taken, the road was made one way for traffic (and not allowed to travel in the direction of this traffic). Cornwall County Council Ambulance Service operated from the St. John Ambulance Headquarters during the 1950s.

Collection Name: Harry Penhaul Collection

Condition: Good

Description

Height: Mm

Width: Mm

Material: Paper

Production

Method: Printed

Date: 1930

Person: Penhaul, Harry

Category: Photography

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