People
St Ives 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.
ReplyDeleteI 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
ReplyDeleteYou 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
Did you ever receive an answer to your question? James Valentine Gale was my great-uncle. I can confirm that the photo is of my great-grandparents William and Harriet Gale with my great-uncle Frank standing the other side of them from James. Missing from the photo is their younger brother, my grandfather Alfred Gale. I remember great-uncle Frank well: he was the spitting image of my grandfather.
DeleteApologies for not replying. The family photo was sent in 2022 by a member of Frank Gale's family, confirming the identity of each person in the photo. The identity of the person who provided the photo can't be provided without their permission. If you'd like to be put in touch with that person, please email stives100yearsago@gmail.com and your request will be forwarded on to them.
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