nzance was easier than ever, with the Great
Western Railway introducing the
Cornish
Riviera Express on 1 July 1904, which left London Paddington at 10:10am
and arrived in Penzance just 7 hours later, two hours faster than the previous
quickest service. (In 2007 it left Paddington at 10:05am and took 5 hours and 5
minutes.) The railway promoted local tourism with postcards that were sold at
its railway stations, and an annual guide book,
The Cornish Riviera, in which SPB Mais described the town as
"a suburb of Covent Garden, and a great fishing centre ... there is always
something going on in its harbour".
1923 saw a new road link the harbour area
and the Promenade, and in 1933 the St. Anthony Gardens were built, followed two
years later by the Jubilee Bathing Pool opposite. Tourists could now make full
use of the whole seafront between Penzance and Newlyn harbours
