St Ives Archive: Too darn hot … or not!

St Ives Archive: Too darn hot … or not!

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...

St Ives Archive: The battle against the sand

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...
St Ives Archive: The grand hotel on the hill

St Ives Archive: The grand hotel on the hill

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...