Friday 12th July 2024.
St Ives is a medieval town in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire. It has a long history with records dating back to 1,000 AD.
The church has seen many changes over its long life starting as a wooden construction before being replaced by stone, it’s interior has been redesigned many times as benefactors have paid for improvements.
This section of town has a few cafes and bars but isn’t its main commercial street, it is however quite interesting historically.
Friday is a market day but on a small scale, I didn’t purchase anything but Peter bought olives from one of the stalls. There were quite a few charity shops and and a Mountain Warehouse outlet that we visited and spent a little money in the local economy.
This was a courtyard which had a variety of small stalls plants, books, trinkets etc and a Kates coffee pod where Peter treated us to a drink.
Beyond this was an antiques centre and Michelle bought a piece of Staffordshire pottery, designed by Alan Clarke who designed pottery for Poole.
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