St Ives Old Cornwall Society

St Ives

Welcome to the St Ives Old Cornwall Society webpage.

We usually meet on the first Monday in the month at Carbis Bay Memorial Hall with a 7.00pm start. There is lots of parking at the hall and easy access to inside toilets. Refreshments will be served prior to the meeting.

Subscription: £10.00 annual membership, £2.00 for casual attendance to meetings.

Officers

President: Mrs Elizabeth Veal

Chairman: Margaret Stevens

Secretary: Valerie Thomas [01736] 794845 - click here for email

Treasurer: Raymond Perkins

Recorder: Tony Mason

Programme Secretaries: Margaret Stevens & Valerie Thomas

Place-name Recorder: Dee Brotherton

Dialect Recorder: Vacant

St Ives OCS [Banner]

Founded: 1920

Colours: Purple

Programme 2026

Friday 14 August 2pm - Crying the Neck @ Trewey Farm, Zennor
(The Mann family host this event on Trewey Farm)

Saturday 5th September - Gorsedh Kernow @ Bodmin

Monday 7th September - Talk: A journey through time to Mexico’s ‘Little Cornwall’ by Dr Sharron Schwartz

Monday 5th October - Films: St Ives in the 1950s introduced by Frank Stevens

Monday 2nd November - Music with Jonathan & Jill.
Jonathan & Jill Ryan with their own locally based compositions and guitar.

Thursday 26th to Saturday 28th November - Exhibition at Hellesveor

Thursday 26th November 2026 - Talk: Hellesveor & Its History by Val Thomas

Friday 27th November - Hellesveor - Colan Williams Carols/Curls at Hellesveor

Monday 7th December - Talk: The History of Chapels in the St Ives area Past and Present. Part 4. by Val Thomas

Programme 2027

Monday 4th January - Member’s Evening - Local Quiz
Members make contributions of interest to the membership with refreshments for a ‘chat’ time in the middle. (refreshments after the quiz)

Monday 1st February - Talk: Postcards from his collection depicting local villages to St Ives by Jonathan Warner

Monday 1st March - Talk: The Torrey Canyon by Martin Brockman
On the anniversary month of the shipwreck.

Monday 5th April - Talk: Recorder's Videos by Tony Mason
Tony Mason, our recorder, will show a montage of his videos of St Ives events and happenings.

Monday 10th May - Talk: The St Ives Branch Line of the Railway by Pete Garrett + AGM
(to avoid May Day)

Wednesday 23rd June - Midsummer Eve Bonfire on Carnstabba Hill.
This celebration is courtesy of Vaughan and Tristan Bennett of Penhalwyn Trekking Stables.