St Ives people
Our town has a rich list of characters. From twelve residents transported to Australia to our 'Nymphs of the Pave'. A basket weaver who invented the treaded tyre and lost a fortune. The master draper who achieved enough notoriety for several lifetimes. St Ivians who gave us Holt Island, the Jubilee Memorial and a manuscript detailing the town over more than a century. And the seventy-four heroes named on the War Memorial. To read more about St Ives people, select from the choices below.
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This is an informative site and a great asset to those who have the privilege of living in St Ives, as well as to those who may well wish they did live here.
ReplyDeleteAppreciate the positive feedback, Howard.
DeleteI have used this site often in checking out the names of individuals mentioned in my grandfather's diaries (Dr Reginald Grove 1869-1948) who lived and worked in St Ives most of his life, living in Slepe House (now the Grove Medical Practice). It's been useful for the biography I have published on his life - 'The Life and Times of a Victorian Country Doctor.' Peter Flower
ReplyDeleteHi Peter... I'm glad the website has been useful. I'd love to read your biography of Dr Grove, and I'm sure many St Ivians would too. Where it is available? I'm shortly going to offer the website as a means for local historians to publish their for free and have available and searchable on the Internet. Would you be interest in this? John
DeleteDear John, I'm sorry for the delay in replying but I've only just seen it. Both volumes can be bought on line via Brown Dog www.browndogbooks.uk or Waterstones, Blackwells etc. A display copy of Vol 1 can be seen at the Norris Museum. Volume 3 should be out in the New Year. Please count me in for your website idea. Best wishes. Peter
DeleteThanks for the info, Peter. To put the website idea into practise you would write an article or articles, I suspect effectively picking out the highlights from each of your three volumes, for publishing on the website. If you've not got the time for this, I'd be happy to do and check the outcome is acceptable to you before publication.
DeleteI try in all articles to 'tell a story' to encourage viewers to read. I doubt it would be difficult to do this with Dr Grove, his life seems so interesting. If the life story/ies also reflects on aspects of social history, even better. Lots of photos good too. The website content could include links to encourage readers to purchase the books to read further.
Hope you're happy for us to proceed with this. Let me know what you think using the 'Get in touch' button so we can communicate by email. John
You have a photo in the WW1 section of James Valentine Gale with his brother and parents. I have that photo from my mother in law and a family member has
ReplyDeleteIdentified it as a member of the Culpin family. Are you able to tell me how this photo was identified with the Gale family please?
S Anderson
Thank you for getting in touch. I've learned since originally recording these stories over 8 years ago to keep a careful track sources. Unfortunately, I don't have that definitively for the photo you're enquiring about. As far as I can remember, it was sent to me by a member of the Gale family, that person giving me the name of James' brother, Frank, also in the photo. I can assure you I would not have used the photo without family approval and confirmation. But if the use of the photo is likely to cause distress or upset, let me know and I'll remove it from the article.
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