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It's #deardiary day and we've some absolute gems i

It's #deardiary day and we've some absolute gems in our archives.

Pictured here are extracts from the personal journals of generations of the Borlase Family. Ranging from Christopher Borlase' record of his travels in New Guinea in 1749 to Caroline Borlase' entry - "just a month since my seventeenth birthday" - in 1874.

They're not only historically fascinating but incredibly moving - full of sketches, personality & domestic detail.

Watch this space as we'll be creating a blog post with more photographs and information on this wonderful collection.

#diary #journal #sketches #cornwall #cornish #history #archives #travel #personal #library #collections #exploreyourarchive

The more we look at it the more we find this photo

The more we look at it the more we find this photo slightly surreal - with the bare trees in the background and the sheen on the 'May Queen & Attendants' dresses.

📷 Taken in Paul in 1960.

(If you look closely you can spot two young lads in the corner.)

#photofriday #blackandwhite
#photography #archives #cornwall #history #occasion #festival #surreal #exploreyourarchive

'Father Walke and friends, St Hilary Garden, 1926'

'Father Walke and friends, St Hilary Garden, 1926' - this photograph feels so characterful and spontaneous. We imagine Father Walke has just said something rather witty, the chap in the hat had an extra glass of sherry, and the woman looking straight at the camera has a mind to be reckoned with. What do you think?

#photofriday #photography #cornwall #history #social #garden #church #friends #novel #imagination #archives #exploreyourarchive

It's #teddybearday - you can usually find Soggy th

It's #teddybearday - you can usually find Soggy the Bear (named after the book by Philip Moran) in our children's section but once the library is closed he has the space to himself and takes full advantage of our 70,000+ book collections - he's a immensely well-read bear 🐻 📖

#teddybear #play #teddy
#childrensbooks #reading
#book #collection #library #librarylife #afterdark

We recently received three rather special donation

We recently received three rather special donations to our art collection - a complete works of Bruegel & Bosch along with a beautiful book of frescos ♥️

#art #books #booksbooksbooks #artist #booklover #art #history #collection #newaddition #donation #library

Happy #photofriday 📷 We thought we'd plump for

Happy #photofriday 📷

We thought we'd plump for another photo that could inspire a novel this week - this time a daring tale of adventure.

(Taken in 1918, the gentleman in a trilby and plus fours has speculatively been identified as Lord St Levan.)
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#photography #archives #cornish #history #sea #pier #nautical #adventure #novel #blackandwhite #exploreyourarchive

New fiction titles have arrived in the library 📚 😍

#books #bookshelves #bookish #newbooks #library #librarylife #librarylove

This damaged studio portrait of a striking young V

This damaged studio portrait of a striking young Victorian woman is so evocative. Whoever she was, she should absolutely be a heroine in a novel.
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#photofriday #photography #studio #portrait #victorian #woman #expression #clothes #costume #history #novel #heroine #blackandwhite #archives #exploreyourarchive

It's #nationaldogday - here's to these magnificent

It's #nationaldogday - here's to these magnificent companions! 🐾

Photos from our archives.

#dog #walk #dogslife #history #pets #blackandwhite #photographs #archives #exploreyourarchive

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