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

Monday 4th May - May Day in St Ives

Monday 11th May - Talk: St Ives Amateur Operatic Society 1946-2006 by Tony Mason
[Note: Change of date to avoid Bank Holiday]

Monday 1st June - Visit: St Agnes Museum & Guided Walk of Harbour. Car share.

Tuesday 23rd June - Midsummer Bonfire @ Carnstabba Hill.
(This celebration is courtesy of Vaughan * Tristan Bennett of Penhalwyn Trekking Stables.)

August - 'Crying the Neck' (YBC)
(The Mann family host this event on Trewey Farm)

Saturday 5th September - Gorsedh Kernow

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

Monday 5th October - Talk: Archaeology in Our Area by Tony Farrell

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

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: The St Ives Branch Line of the Railway by Pete Garrett

Monday 10th May - Talk: Recorder's Videos by Tony Mason + AGM
(to avoid May Day)
Tony Mason, our recorder, will show a montage of his videos of St Ives events and happenings.

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