by stiveslocal | Jul 3, 2023 | Features
The weather can make or break a British holiday. The summers of 1985 and 1986 were very poor, and in 1987 hoteliers in St Ives were concerned about inaccurate weather forecasting and the negative effect it was having on tourism and trade in the town. A photograph from...
by stiveslocal | Mar 25, 2023 | Arts and entertainment
An inaugural Secret Photo Show is to be hosted at Harbour View House on 5th and 6th April, raising funds for St Ives Archive. The show is a two-day art sale which will raise money for the Archive by selling contemporary photographs of St Ives by local photographers....
by stiveslocal | Apr 5, 2022 | community news
St Ives Archive is collating material to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of the Queen in June. As there was no tangible marking of her accession to the throne in February 1952, it intends to feature celebratory events in St Ives at the time of the coronation, on or...
by stiveslocal | Jul 21, 2020 | Features
Here in St Ives, we are blessed to have glorious sand. The texture varies slightly from one beach to another, but you would have to go a long way to find better. However, it does tend to have a mind of its own, and move around! You only have to look at the photo to...
by stiveslocal | Mar 31, 2020 | Features
By Janet Harris, St Ives Archive Tregenna Castle, built in 1774 for John Stephens, Esq, is named after the hill on which it stands. It is not a castle, of course: the battlements are merely a decoration. Now an 84-bedroom hotel, the building originally had just 10...
