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Penlee House is a gallery, museum, cafe and shop. Situated within Penlee Park, a space to reflect and great for family visits.

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A space for exhibitions & events

Alongside our Exhibition programme we run a variety of community events and workshops. The Newlyn School and Social history galleries change often. Find out what’s on.

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A space to learn

Penlee House is committed to lifelong learning. We run workshops for all age groups and offer a school workshop programme.

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A space for all

Built in 1865, as the home of the Branwell family. Penlee House is home to many paintings by members of the Newlyn School. It is also home to the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society collection.

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You can search and browse our collections online. We also have a section dedicated to the Newlyn School.

B/w print

Acc.no: PEZPH : 2008.36


Identification

Item: Pupils of Penzance County Boys Grammar School, October 1928

Description: Black and white photograph showing the pupils of Penzance County Boys Grammar School in October 1928. Fourth from right in the front row is Basil Charles Thompson, who owned this photo. A note on the back of the photo suggests that there were 227 pupils. The School ran from 1910 until 1980, when it became Humphry Davy Comprehensive.

Condition: Fair - photo is rolled and has four vertical cracks along bottom edge and one horizontal tear top left hand edge; Bottom right hand corner is dog-eared and has a small loss.


Description

Height: 250 mm

Width: 950 mm

Material: Photograph


Production

Method: Printed

Date: 10.1928

Person: Panora Ltd


If you are interested in learning more about this item please contact us and reference "PEZPH : 2008.36"

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