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...
by stiveslocal | Mar 30, 2020 | Features
An architects’ drawing of 1912, showing the design for the expanded Parsonage. Courtesy of Kresen Kernow, Redruth. What do you know about the Old Vicarage in St Ives? The fine old building, acquired by St Ives Community Land Trust to convert into six affordable flats...
by stiveslocal | Jul 30, 2019 | Features
By Janet Harris, St Ives Archive As we all know, St Ives Harbour is tidal, so the fishermen of old had to spend a lot of time waiting for the tide to come in before they could set sail. To avoid them having to spend hours waiting, possibly in the cold or rain,...
