Dear members, And finally the Annual General Meeting will be held of 20th October 2023 at 7.30 pm in the Free Church, St Ives. More details can be found in Open Meetings. ...
Letter from the Chairman – July 2023
Dear members, Do not think because there are no talks during the summer your Civic Society is resting on its laurels. No! Behind the scenes we are beavering away on the Annual Report and Accounts which has to go to the publisher very soon, to be...
Letter from the Chairman – June 2023 #2
Dear members, My sincere apologies for the last-minute cancellation on Friday of the scheduled talk. Quite unexpectedly, the church had not set up the hall for the talk and additionally the electronic key safe failed to open, despite several attempts....
Letter from the Chairman – June 2023
Dear members, With the festivities and celebrations of May behind us, I’m looking to the future this month, focusing on what happening on the town planning front. Town centre development issues are stirring again, emerging from the...
Letter from the Chairman – May 2023
Dear members, What an eventful month May has been so far, and we’re still only halfway through it. I hope you enjoyed the extra leisure time over the Coronation weekend and the warm sunny day on the Big Lunch Sunday. Unexpectedly, the sun was so...
Letter from the Chairman – April 2023
Dear members, What an unexpectedly sunny Easter we’ve had this year. Everywhere was buzzing as people made the most of the warm days in town, in the hostelries and in our parks. I hope the weather will be as kind for the town’s Coronation Big...
Letter from the Chairman – February 2023
Dear members, What a great audience we had last month for Keith Grimwade’s talk about the 1000 Years of History of the Thicket Path. Despite the grey drab of January, some 110 people left their warm homes to join us to celebrate the ancient woodland on our very...
Letter from the Chairman – January 2023
As the new Chair of this town's Civic Society, I am honoured to follow in David Stewart’s footsteps and those who came before him, to benefit from the opportunities and expertise they brought. Many of you will remember, may have been part of, the excitement of...
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The Civic Society of St Ives engages with its members and local government to promote high standards of planning and architecture for the future, as well as conserving the best from the past of St Ives and the surrounding area.