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Hi! Glad you liked the site. It's a bit large at over 6mb but I think it was worth it. The lantern slides belong to David Thomas, as do the photos of Carwynnen, Merry Maidens (Frith) and a couple of the postcards. The rest of the postcards are mine, mostly from local fairs and eBay. Have about 40 or 50 Cornish, 250 Stonehenge, 250 other UK and about 300 French, and a few Belgian, Dutch, German etc. All of the French ones will eventually be added to the album (link at bottom of page), and I will probably do the same for the rest at some point. I find quite a lot of archaeological info at the CRO, where I also work, and there are a few nuggets and newly discovered details on the rest of the site, especially in the parish bounds and place names pages, though it would need trawling through. Have recently photographed the whole of Nordens 'Speculi Britanniae Pars' so will hopefully be allowed to use some of the illustrations from that, which are I believe late 16th century, Hurlers, Nine Maidens Stone Row & Trethevy. I'll be adding the full text at some point over the next few months, though OCR won't work on this so it'll take a while. So much to do, so little time. Take care and thanks for the comments. Much appreciated.

PS - Ain't got no anorak, just a hide full o' tatts and a love of the stones.

Hi Chris

As I said great site..Im afraid I don't get to the CRO very often...can't get around to booking in advance..

Perhaps you can fill me in on the legal side of copyright with postcards? It seems a very grey area. I wouldn't dream of using Friths images anywhere! but i have got several postcards of Looe that must be out of copyright or the company is no more...Argalls for example....and is it Hawkes of Helston.

PS I don't own an anorak either.... but I do have a light mac ( copyright Bonzo's 1968)