St Ives, the Wharf 1890 (ref. 24184) | The road is very different to its modern counterpart, and reflects how much the sea was the main way out of St Ives. Cars pass by today where boats were once pulled up on the beach. |  Add your own Memory
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St Ives, Tregenna Castle Hotel 1890 (ref. 23023) | The hotel was built as a private dwelling in the 1770s. It was converted to a hotel in 1878 by the Great Western Railway Company. Though a much modernised hotel today, the main building has changed little in external appearance. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, Old Sloop Inn 1906 (ref. 56541) | On the immediate right is the entrance to the long since demolished Pudding Bag Lane. Further right is the entrance to Fish Street. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, the Board School 1890 (ref. 24173) | The school was built in 1880 in The Stennack, the main road that leads out of St Ives to the west. The building was a school until 1984. It was converted into a doctor's surgery in 1992. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, the Harbour 1908 (ref. 61074A) | Fishing boats lie at their moorings on the left, while a small cargo carrier lies moored just off the beach. Horses and carts were still the best way of loading and off-loading in a tidal harbour. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, Godrevy Lighthouse 1890 (ref. 24195) | The lighthouse gave warning of a dangerous reef called The Stones that lies on the northern side of St Ives Bay. The lighthouse came into service in 1859 and was manned for many years, but is now automated. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, Pilchard Boats 1908 (ref. 61076) | These splendid vessels were used in the drift net fishery that involved setting lengths of net just below the sea's surface. The older method of seine netting involved smaller vessels setting a very large net with which they encircled a large shoal of fish close to the beach. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, the Chapel of St Nicholas c1912 (ref. 31161A) | The Chapel was built on The Island. The original building was medieval, and was later used as a customs lookout. It was scheduled for demolition in 1904 after use by the War Office, but was preserved after strong local protest. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, New Wharf Road 1922 (ref. 72831) | This view shows The Promenade, or the New Wharf Road as it was also known, before railings and pavements were added. The broken walls midway along the line of buildings were ruins left after a fire of 1915. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, Draycott Terrace 1898 (ref. 41610) | These houses overlook Porthminster Beach and have views of St Ives Bay that are as superb today as they were when this photograph was taken. Houses built as homes for coastguards can be seen behind them on the left. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, the Harbour 1925 (ref. 78655) | A classic harbour scene taken at low tide. Large numbers of gulls gathered in the harbour even in those days, but unlike today's gulls, many of which nest on St Ives' rooftops, these gulls returned at night to nesting colonies on the sea cliffs along the coast. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, Tregenna Place 1906 (ref. 56539) | The handsome building on the corner, with its chateau-style turret, is the St Ives Public Library that was opened in 1897. J. Passmore Edwards, a wealthy Cornish-born newspaper proprietor, donated the money for this and for other public buildings in Cornwall. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, Harbour, cleaning the fish 1925 (ref. 78658) | Fish being gutted on the harbour beach, long before modern hygiene laws came into play. The horse-drawn cart was a common mode of transporting fish from the beach. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, Albany Terrace 1901 (ref. 47679) | The large building on the left of the picture is the present Chy-an-Albany Hotel. These houses, built from cut granite and with substantial bay windows, reflect a more suburban building style compared with the cottages of old St Ives. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, Fish Market 1925 (ref. 78659) | The busy fish market on The Wharf. The wooden building on the railed platform is Shore Shelter Lodge, one of the famous St Ives Fishermen's 'Lodges', where fishermen gathered in their spare time. It is one of only three lodges still in existence. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, Mans Head Rock and Island 1908 (ref. 61080) | This view looks across the Bay to The Island from the well-named Man's Head Rock on the headland of Carrick Du. In those days the area was enjoyed by local and visitor alike, being within easy reach of the town. Man's Head Rock is just as popular today. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, Old Houses 1890 (ref. 24186) | This area of Down'long near the present day Mariners' Church at Norway Square has changed considerably since this photograph was taken over 100 years ago. The cottage on the left has been replaced with gardens; the wall on the right was once used as a place where slaughtered pigs were scalded and skinned. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, Smeaton's Pier 1925 (ref. 78666) | This photograph shows the old lighthouse of 1831 in the background. The fishermen are checking their lobster pots, the 'inkwell' shape of which has not changed to this day. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, High Street 1922 (ref. 72849) | This photograph looks down the High Street towards St Ives' Parish Church. The High Street remains the main entranceway to the older part of St Ives, and is an important shopping street. | Add your own Memory
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St Ives, Back Road West 1890 (ref. 24187) | This road still exists and leads to Porthmeor Beach and to today's St Ives Tate Gallery. The cottages are typical fishermen's homes of the time; the stairs led to living quarters, while the ground floors were the fish cellars and boat stores. | Add your own Memory
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