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An 1897 oil painting of Cornish fishermen using a "seine" net to catch a shoal of pilchards.

A graphic showing how the St. Ives fishermen employed "seines" to bring in catches of pilchards.

A photograph of St. Ives fishermen using seine nets to catch pilchards.

Children playing in the waves of a seaside town in England in 1905.

Old Photochrome postcard probably before 1920

A postcard of the St Ives train station from circa 1890

The page from the Godrevy Lighthouse visitors book with the signatures of the Stephens family, documenting their second visit in 1894.

After 1836, Trinity House was resonsible for collecting lighthouse dues and sending them to the House of Commons to be used in lighthouse upkeep and keeper wages.

A newspaper article explaining how the steamboat Nile was wrecked near Godrevy Island and the coast of Cornwall, prompting Trinity House to build a lighthouse there.

An editorial newspaper article asking for the Godrevy Lighthouse to be preserved despite the fact that it is no longer in use.