Centre created. Polytechnic Arts Committee formed. 1955 – Stage and Gallery lighting improved 1958 – South West Arts Conference held. Building slightly damaged by fire 1961 – Gallery "filled in". Arts Theatre created. 1964 – Performance of "Morvoren", an opera by Philip Cannon and Maisie Radford 1965 – Porhan Street demolished in road widening. Rear Entrance improved. 1966–67 – Total reconstruction of theatre with tiered seating ... cost, £6,000 1968 – Workshop/Studio built in New Street 1969 – Tuke Collection presented to the Society by Mr Brain Price. 1976 – Theatre Workshop formed 1979 – Toynbee Bequest received 1980 – "Falmouth Arts Project" defeated at AGM 1981 – South West Arts grant lost 1982 – Library redecorated and reorganised 1983 – 150th anniversary celebrated with plaque in entrance hall. Foundation lectures delivered. 1985 – "Falmouth Research Project" set up: Exhibition "Falmouth 1835 – 1865" 1987 – "Poly Craft Group" formed 1994 – Paul Smales lectures started 1999 – Visit of Princess Anne to maritime exhibition 2000 – the Society merged with Falmouth Arts, being renamed the Falmouth Arts Centre. New projection room and film/sound equipment: Legacies from Mavis Saunders and Jet Steele. Steele Gallery named 2003 – Sale of Boulton/Watts papers for £500,000 2004 – New seating in theatre and new logo: Purchase of Barnicoat building 2005 – New Constitution/Memorandum of Association 2006 – Members agreed to create a trading wing 2008 – Tuke Collection restored – £100,000 raised from grants and gifts. Chasing Clouds Exhibition top celebrate the 175th anniversary. 2010 – In January 2010, the trading company which ran the Poly cinema programme went into administration. A "Save our Poly" campaign led to the creation of a totally new Board. 2011 – The Board decided to adopt "The Poly" as its working name, keeping "Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society" purely for legal needs. 2012 – Sale of Maritime Collection completed 2015 – New Digital cinema system installed to enable the showing of recent film releases Notes and references Notes Bibliography The Journals of Caroline Fox, 1835–1871: a selection, ed. Wendy Monk; London, Paul Elek, (1972) Barclay Fox's journal; edited by Raymond L. Brett; London : Bell and Hyman, 1979 and Totowa, N.J. : Rowman & Littlefield Historical Synopsis of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society ... presented ... to the Society on its year of Jubilee, 1882. (List of essays, treatises and scientific papers published in the Reports.) by Wilson