Civic Society of St Ives

Dear All, One or two important bits of information here, please read to the end. Firstly, our next open meeting is on Friday 21st October at 7.30 pm in the Free Church, St Ives. Su Oosthuizen is to visit and her talk is entitled "The early medieval fenland: 400-800"....

Dear All,  Our next open meeting is on Friday 21st October 2022. Our speaker will be Sue Oosthuizen, Professor (Em) of Medieval Archaeology, Cambridge University. Her talk is about The early medieval fenland 400-800. I am looking forward to hearing about the...

Dear All, Our Open Meetings start this Friday, 16th  September 2022, at 7.30pm in the Free Church. Visitors are welcome, we request a donation of £3.00 and members have free entry. Our speaker will be Richard Carter from the Norris Museum, he will be talking...

Dear All, Below is some information about our plans for the forthcoming season of Friday evening Open Meetings and details of the Heritage Open Days (HODS) later this month. However, firstly I want to bring to your attention HDC’s recently issued Market Town...

 St Ives Heritage Open Day will be held on Saturday 17th SeptemberTHE TWO PAGES SHOWN BELOW CAN BE DOWNLOADED AS A PDF  

Dear All, The final meeting of our current season is on Friday 20th May, at 7.30pm in the Free Church, St Ives. The speaker will be Philip Noble, born and raised in St Ives and now again a resident of the town. His illustrated talk is entitled Green Streets of St...

Dear All, In a change to our meetings being on the third Friday of the month, our next meeting is on Friday 22nd April, when Ian Mason will talk about The Treasures of Ramsey Abbey. The venue is The Free Church in St Ives and the meeting is at 7.30pm.   Over a...

  Dear All, The Society is attending St Ives Town Council’s Community Fair, on Saturday 12th March at the Corn Exchange. Many of the Town’s community groups will be represented, entry is free and it’s a drop in event. The fair is open from 3pm to 6pm. It is...

  Dear All, Further to last Friday’s Newsletter I write to advise that we are cancelling this Friday’s Open Meeting. That is the Open Meeting on Friday 18th February is cancelled. This follows the issue of an updated amber weather warning for Friday. Storm Eunice...

  Dear All, Our meeting this month will be held in the Free Church, St Ives at 7.30pm on Friday the 18th February. An old friend of the Society, Richard Carter, will talk to us about Mysterious Photographs - Recent Museum Acquisitions. The ‘Museum’ is, of course,...

The poster shown below gives details of the talk to be held on 21st January 2022. Further details will be published shortly.  

  Dear All, A short note to remind you our next open meeting is this Friday, 19th November, in the Free Church, St Ives, at 7.30pm. Please note that Market Hill and Bridge Street are closed to traffic from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st November for a Street Fair and...

  Dear All,  AGM Change Of Speaker   Unfortunately, David Stewart, our Chairman, has been taken ill and will not be able to present at our AGM on Friday However, we are delighted to announce that the well known local historian, Bridget Flanagan has...

  Special Newsletter Time Sensitive Information Dear All, At the end of the week we will be holding our first AGM in two years. Please make a note to attend at 7.30pm on Friday 15th October 2021, as usual it will be in the Free Church, St Ives. After the AGM the...

  Special Newsletter Time Sensitive Information Dear All,This year's Heritage Open Days (HODS) is being organised by Jane Amaral, one of your committee members and she has an urgent request for assistance. Hello All, As many of you will know I am organising...