I’ve had a holiday in this wonderful town at least once every decade - in the early 70s as a toddler, in the 80s as a teenager and twice in the 90s with my fiancée. I love the place and it draws me like a magnet - I’ll be 50 next year and I cannot think of a way I’d rather mark my half-century than returning to my spiritual home. Can’t wait to see how much or how little it’s changed ...
I hope you spotted yourselves. Recently I watched a documentary on local industry and there was a short section in which my Mother appeared. The documentary was made in 1964 and she died in 1993. I never knew the film existed and the emotions I felt when I realised it was her can't be put into words. I hope that you're so lucky.
Dav Max watched it all and not on this one unfortunately , the sad thing is I wasn’t lucky enough to have a video camera and in hindsight you regret not taking as many stills as you probably could have done , still probably the best picture is when you remember , stay safe and look after those close to you
Being born in St Ives and spending over 45 years here now I was chuffed to bits watching this little gem of times gone by. A great little piece of history of a little seaside town, I'm proud to say I love to bits. Thank you very much sharing your video :)
Lovely video that, they knew how to use the video camera, they were expensive back then, so it's great to see it used properly, no motion sickness and swingling the camera around wildly haha seems like only yesterday I was 26 then 1990 34 years ago blimey. The great thing about St Ives is it doesn't change ❤
I've always loved Cornwall.As a kid with my mum and dad, and now as a dad myself, I take my wife and kids here.Lovely pasties shop down that cobblestone shopping mall,and sweets shop. X
I lived and worked there in 1990. We lived above the shop in the middle of the main Street, (I won't say which one!) and from about April through to November ish we worked from 10am to 10pm 7 days a week. We had 4 months off, when the shop was closed, but I really, really loved it. (,Oh and sometimes we'd get an hour off for tea, and maybe and hour off at lunch times but that was it!!!) No days off. That was our choice as my partner owned the shop. Brilliant, happy times! I live in St.Just now but it was lovely looking at the fashion! And the shops that were there then. It hasn't changed much. Nicely filmed. Thank you!
I have a picture of my dad at St Ives taken many, many years ago. In it, he is emerging triumphantly from the sea, and it is captioned "YOU, TOO, COULD HAVE A BODY LIKE MINE!" :D
Absolutely love Cornwall, especially St Ives. Been going since the 1970's first time was in mid 70's with my friend Janet and her family. Hope to be going again end of June 2021. Loved the Mr Peggoty's video wow that brings some great memories back and the Sloop Inn (we were only 16/17 yrs old, wish I could go back in time.
Awwww ; ) What a beautiful retro film Henry , thank you for sharing this little piece of heaven, makes me feel happy just watching this and love the gorgeous evocative sound track ,wonderful : ) x
I can barely believe that I was there not only in 1990 but was in a pram in 1950 with my Dad showing me the automaton on the harbour wall near the current life boat station which fascinated me. In 1960 it was very crowded but still much as pre war and then 1963 the hippies started arriving...yes that early! By 1966 they were well established at the far end of Portmeor and 1967 worried us. However St Ives was it’s wonderful self and I have visited hundreds of times since. In fact I should be there today but the latest “lockdown” killed that. My best memories though are of 1966...sparkling weather in the last week of June/early July...many memories and I still see it like that to this day. I wish those I knew then were with me now...I have pictures...I will go back very soon.
We still visit every year. My mom used to spend her summers down here with her great aunt and uncle who lived in Carbis Bay. That would have been in the 60s. She talks about the hippies moving into the area too. A lot used camp in the woods surrounding the town apparently. I first visited in the 1980s as a kid. I visit each and every June with my husband, my parents and my sister and her husband. We hire a beautiful house near to the Cornish Arms pub and have the most wonderful and memorable holidays.
@@AlisonBryen I hope that you get there again sometime this year...we normally go there 4/5 times a year and last time was last March in the days before the first “Lockdown”...in fact the Hotel closed the day we left on March 23rd. Normally we would be there in March but that looks unlikely...maybe a day trip might happen if allowed..400 miles there and back but worth it, enjoy whatever you can, these are difficult times...I watch the webcams every day and hope to be back on Porthleven Harbour wall again one day this year. Stay safe and keep looking forward...🙂🙂🙂🙂
@hazetwood - i know what you mean. Life back then did have an innocence about it, yet it is so hard to explain why. I'm 45 and life just seemed so much better in those days.
What a fantastic video, sat down and watched it with my Wife after getting home from St Ives today (roads must be better these days!). We spent a good thirty minutes spotting all the changes and the similarities.
Brings back memories, was 18 back then and visited St Ives every year and have done ever since, used to have a relative living there, actually the very start of this video shows bunkers hill, my grandad lived at the top of that hill.
Sat now in St Ives watching this in St Bridget’s court looking over the harbour (4.40 on the vid)…Love this place been coming down since I was a nipper. 😁
What a lovely gentle film, skilfully shot. I have always wanted to visit St Ives to pay homage to Bernard Leach, however now less so , or at least I am a bit more prepared for it!
My wife and I with our eldest daughter went on holiday to Cornwall in 1991 staying nearby at campsite in St Agnes Bay we visited St Ives great to see the classic seaside town from then . Recently my Eldest daughter took her family and like we did thoroughly enjoyed there stay thanks for sharing this video
When Cornwall wasn't so hip and cool, perfect. Haha The sloop full of tables and chairs outside now. Imagine sitting on the floor with a pint these days. Council would be on your back..
Very nice, and a reminder how some things have changed a lot and others not at all in the last 21 years. And how I miss Harts ice cream parlour by The Sloop !
Holidayed there over 30 times! Stayed at Chy an Albany, St Denis Guest House, Porthminster view, Toby Cottage, Richards song, Tansy Cottage, Longships, Talland House etc. We stay away in school holidays now as it now gets very busy. Beautiful place, good beaches.
wow.... some things are exactly the same, just so peaceful and it was only 23 years ago but although the scenery is the same the innocence has gone :-(
I just wanted to say, I have watched your St Ives and Falmouth Videos many times, I moved to Cornwall in 1987 and they capture that era and memories for me, great stuff ! And I still live in Falmouth, but it feels very different these days.
Wow! Harts ice-cream parlour - the best ice-cream ever. The old tea rooms in Tregenna Place, the Market Place chemist, the Boathouse that's now The Hub ... Amazing, though, how so little essentially has changed. That's a lovely bit of documentation. Thanks for your lovely video..
This jumps about from place to place and each shot starts or ends just short of something you want to see. The new slipway and lifeboat house hadn't been built and Woolworths still existed.
Used to do multi drop around St Ives and West Cornwall then. The traffic warden moved the traffic on to make room for delivery drivers in St Ives back then!😊
Ahhh....home, I was there wandering around somewhere, I left in the mid 90s not realising that id need a lottery win to return😟 can I ask if you have a full unedited version?
Did you know The Sloop Inn pub shown here featured in the movie RAISE THE TITANIC? Also Dustin Hoffman stayed at the Treganna Castle Hotel while he was filming STRAW DOGS in 1971.
Now everyone has a phone in hand filming, taking selfies, not talking The the people around them...you don’t see peopl..families out like this anymore and if you do they are each looking at their phones. Sucks.
I was going to St Ives in the 80s and early 90s (and still go every year now). My memories of this time only seem like yesterday, but looking back at this video everything does seem strangely dated...the cars, the prams, the fashions and the old people somehow look older than today's old people, if that makes sense. (I guess that makes me old)
Lots of changes since then ,original.features ripped out ,pannelled doors ,windows replaced cv by pvc and botch ,massively over developed by wealthy Londoners and second home owners who care little about the character of this little town .Pvc botch and Contemporary are the order of the day now .
That's a shame. 😔 The original character and local material needs to be reclaimed and reinstated in the town to bring back its soul. Very, very important to keep the history and significance of the town alive. Was there about two years ago and noticed it wasn't what I imagined the area should be like. Would like to see everything back to its rich and original configuration.
The place was much better thirty plus years ago,when more original locals were there and still alive,now it’s full of foreigners all wanting to open a shop full of rubbish or sell crappy fast food.....shops used to be quality 👌🏻same with the art galleries....could go as far as the standard of people was much higher too......ohh well......🤷🏼♂️😏
Spot on. I grew up in St.Ives and saw how it changed over the years. Would not want to live there anymore sadly it's not the same vibe as it used to be.
I’ve had a holiday in this wonderful town at least once every decade - in the early 70s as a toddler, in the 80s as a teenager and twice in the 90s with my fiancée. I love the place and it draws me like a magnet - I’ll be 50 next year and I cannot think of a way I’d rather mark my half-century than returning to my spiritual home. Can’t wait to see how much or how little it’s changed ...
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Oh how i wish ALL my heart we could go back to then 🙏🙏🙏
Just came back from cornwall and spent a day in St Ives (01/06/23) hasn't changed much at all. Beautiful place!!!
I just love st ives , it’s my happy place to visit. Wish I could live here. 💞💞💞💞💞
Same. We go every year in June. I have so many happy memories here.
Holds some special memories of the last holiday with my dad who died the next year , fingers crossed we were caught on film
I hope you spotted yourselves. Recently I watched a documentary on local industry and there was a short section in which my Mother appeared. The documentary was made in 1964 and she died in 1993. I never knew the film existed and the emotions I felt when I realised it was her can't be put into words. I hope that you're so lucky.
Dav Max watched it all and not on this one unfortunately , the sad thing is I wasn’t lucky enough to have a video camera and in hindsight you regret not taking as many stills as you probably could have done , still probably the best picture is when you remember , stay safe and look after those close to you
Being born in St Ives and spending over 45 years here now I was chuffed to bits watching this little gem of times gone by. A great little piece of history of a little seaside town, I'm proud to say I love to bits. Thank you very much sharing your video :)
Lovely video that, they knew how to use the video camera, they were expensive back then, so it's great to see it used properly, no motion sickness and swingling the camera around wildly haha seems like only yesterday I was 26 then 1990 34 years ago blimey. The great thing about St Ives is it doesn't change ❤
I've always loved Cornwall.As a kid with my mum and dad, and now as a dad myself, I take my wife and kids here.Lovely pasties shop down that cobblestone shopping mall,and sweets shop. X
I lived and worked there in 1990. We lived above the shop in the middle of the main Street, (I won't say which one!) and from about April through to November ish we worked from 10am to 10pm 7 days a week. We had 4 months off, when the shop was closed, but I really, really loved it. (,Oh and sometimes we'd get an hour off for tea, and maybe and hour off at lunch times but that was it!!!) No days off. That was our choice as my partner owned the shop. Brilliant, happy times! I live in St.Just now but it was lovely looking at the fashion! And the shops that were there then. It hasn't changed much. Nicely filmed. Thank you!
Brilliant record of my favourite place
I was there in 1990 and remember these images very well
Standing outside the sloop inn in those day's was the best job ever .
Memories of 90s holidays with family. The best days x
I have a picture of my dad at St Ives taken many, many years ago. In it, he is emerging triumphantly from the sea, and it is captioned "YOU, TOO, COULD HAVE A BODY LIKE MINE!" :D
The timeless quality of St Ives. Things do change over 27 years, but not much.
Absolutely love Cornwall, especially St Ives. Been going since the 1970's first time was in mid 70's with my friend Janet and her family. Hope to be going again end of June 2021. Loved the Mr Peggoty's video wow that brings some great memories back and the Sloop Inn (we were only 16/17 yrs old, wish I could go back in time.
Awwww ; ) What a beautiful retro film Henry , thank you for sharing this little piece of heaven, makes me feel happy just watching this and love the gorgeous evocative sound track ,wonderful : ) x
Great video of my hometown, back in the golden days
Could hardly believe it when I saw the date at the end!! I don’t think I’ve ever seen it that quiet even out of season. Great video.
I can barely believe that I was there not only in 1990 but was in a pram in 1950 with my Dad showing me the automaton on the harbour wall near the current life boat station which fascinated me. In 1960 it was very crowded but still much as pre war and then 1963 the hippies started arriving...yes that early! By 1966 they were well established at the far end of Portmeor and 1967 worried us. However St Ives was it’s wonderful self and I have visited hundreds of times since. In fact I should be there today but the latest “lockdown” killed that. My best memories though are of 1966...sparkling weather in the last week of June/early July...many memories and I still see it like that to this day. I wish those I knew then were with me now...I have pictures...I will go back very soon.
We still visit every year. My mom used to spend her summers down here with her great aunt and uncle who lived in Carbis Bay. That would have been in the 60s. She talks about the hippies moving into the area too. A lot used camp in the woods surrounding the town apparently.
I first visited in the 1980s as a kid. I visit each and every June with my husband, my parents and my sister and her husband. We hire a beautiful house near to the Cornish Arms pub and have the most wonderful and memorable holidays.
@@AlisonBryen I hope that you get there again sometime this year...we normally go there 4/5 times a year and last time was last March in the days before the first “Lockdown”...in fact the Hotel closed the day we left on March 23rd. Normally we would be there in March but that looks unlikely...maybe a day trip might happen if allowed..400 miles there and back but worth it, enjoy whatever you can, these are difficult times...I watch the webcams every day and hope to be back on Porthleven Harbour wall again one day this year. Stay safe and keep looking forward...🙂🙂🙂🙂
@hazetwood - i know what you mean. Life back then did have an innocence about it, yet it is so hard to explain why. I'm 45 and life just seemed so much better in those days.
I lived in carbis bay for 6 months in 1990 and it was a half decent summer from memory. Seems like yesterday.
I was there May 1990 for my mom's 30th birthday!
What a fantastic video, sat down and watched it with my Wife after getting home from St Ives today (roads must be better these days!). We spent a good thirty minutes spotting all the changes and the similarities.
Brings back memories, was 18 back then and visited St Ives every year and have done ever since, used to have a relative living there, actually the very start of this video shows bunkers hill, my grandad lived at the top of that hill.
Sat now in St Ives watching this in St Bridget’s court looking over the harbour (4.40 on the vid)…Love this place been coming down since I was a nipper. 😁
What a lovely gentle film, skilfully shot. I have always wanted to visit St Ives to pay homage to Bernard Leach, however now less so , or at least I am a bit more prepared for it!
Nineties fashions; I saw a shell suite in the shop window, Brings back memories. Lovely place though. It's good to have an old film from holiday.
My wife and I with our eldest daughter went on holiday to Cornwall in 1991 staying nearby at campsite in St Agnes Bay we visited St Ives great to see the classic seaside town from then . Recently my Eldest daughter took her family and like we did thoroughly enjoyed there stay thanks for sharing this video
This video now plays on a screen in the window of the amusement arcade featured in this video...how cool is that?!!!
+brandybuck1984 thank you for telling me. Regards from Hamburg, Germany. Henry
30 years ago.. Just wow! I went there in August 2020 and its not really changed much
I use to go to st ives on family holidays in the late 60s early 70s . Great memories .Have been a handful of times since and still love the place.
When Cornwall wasn't so hip and cool, perfect. Haha The sloop full of tables and chairs outside now. Imagine sitting on the floor with a pint these days. Council would be on your back..
Not one person on a mobile phone! those were the days.
I know: they're having conversations...WITH EACH OTHER! !!
People still had Walkmans though lol
Thank you for sharing this. It brings back beautiful memories of my visit there a few years ago.
Very nice, and a reminder how some things have changed a lot and others not at all in the last 21 years. And how I miss Harts ice cream parlour by The Sloop !
Holidayed there over 30 times! Stayed at Chy an Albany, St Denis Guest House, Porthminster view, Toby Cottage, Richards song, Tansy Cottage, Longships, Talland House etc. We stay away in school holidays now as it now gets very busy. Beautiful place, good beaches.
wow.... some things are exactly the same, just so peaceful and it was only 23 years ago but although the scenery is the same the innocence has gone :-(
I just wanted to say, I have watched your St Ives and Falmouth Videos many times, I moved to Cornwall in 1987 and they capture that era and memories for me, great stuff ! And I still live in Falmouth, but it feels very different these days.
Thank you for your kind words. Many regards from Hamburg, Henry
fantastic video i was there that year
Wow! Harts ice-cream parlour - the best ice-cream ever. The old tea rooms in Tregenna Place, the Market Place chemist, the Boathouse that's now The Hub ... Amazing, though, how so little essentially has changed. That's a lovely bit of documentation. Thanks for your lovely video..
2018 and it’s barely changed!
Fashion isn’t far off either. :)
11.04 There you are, in lovely 1990s St Ives
Some of the people in this video will no longer be here sadly. But I hope family get a wonderful surprise to see their Relatives ❤️
This jumps about from place to place and each shot starts or ends just short of something you want to see. The new slipway and lifeboat house hadn't been built and Woolworths still existed.
Woolworths is now a Pizza Express.
Used to do multi drop around St Ives and West Cornwall then. The traffic warden moved the traffic on to make room for delivery drivers in St Ives back then!😊
I love St Ives, only downside its always packed
Try visiting outside of the school holidays...much better!
@@AlisonBryen clever 😊
Pasties for 85p? Prices have tripled since then.
That's true Nick but so have wages.
£4 now lol
@@tufftraveller4784 you can get 2 for £1 up north lol
those were the days no phones, no social distancing no face masks just chilled out summer days
Ahhh....home, I was there wandering around somewhere, I left in the mid 90s not realising that id need a lottery win to return😟 can I ask if you have a full unedited version?
I was there in June 1990 - but it looks like it was just a week after this, or you might have accidentally filmed me! :)
42 i managed to park in st just last year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you know The Sloop Inn pub shown here featured in the movie RAISE THE TITANIC? Also Dustin Hoffman stayed at the Treganna Castle Hotel while he was filming STRAW DOGS in 1971.
Made me cry tbh
The Sloop didn't have picnic tables out front at that time?
anyone for a pint in the sloop?!!!!!!
Alan Jones Yep! Pint of Ghost Ship please!
Great to see. I was a kid there then.
Here's a more recent look I filmed this year-
ruclips.net/video/Yw6RjxEOots/видео.html
You didn't film Woolworths :(
Tomos Burton Sadly it's now a Pizza Express...!
Sad to think a lot of those people will have passed away now :(
magnifico paese della cornovaglia sembra di esse re attore di di un romanzo della pilker mio figlio abita dal 2011 a st ives
Now everyone has a phone in hand filming, taking selfies, not talking The the people around them...you don’t see peopl..families out like this anymore and if you do they are each looking at their phones. Sucks.
treasure film the good old days
It was only 1990, but strangely looks like the 50's or 60's!
I was going to St Ives in the 80s and early 90s (and still go every year now). My memories of this time only seem like yesterday, but looking back at this video everything does seem strangely dated...the cars, the prams, the fashions and the old people somehow look older than today's old people, if that makes sense.
(I guess that makes me old)
Prices are quite the same as today !!
You wish lol
so that wat it looked like in 1990 i was born in 2004!
Lots of changes since then ,original.features ripped out ,pannelled doors ,windows replaced cv by pvc and botch ,massively over developed by wealthy Londoners and second home owners who care little about the character of this little town .Pvc botch and Contemporary are the order of the day now .
That's a shame. 😔
The original character and local material needs to be reclaimed and reinstated in the town to bring back its soul.
Very, very important to keep the history and significance of the town alive.
Was there about two years ago and noticed it wasn't what I imagined the area should be like.
Would like to see everything back to its rich and original configuration.
Old buildings,old people...
What an exciting place.
I could only imagine.
Is anyone watching this in 2038?
Fangirl, that does make sense!
The place was much better thirty plus years ago,when more original locals were there and still alive,now it’s full of foreigners all wanting to open a shop full of rubbish or sell crappy fast food.....shops used to be quality 👌🏻same with the art galleries....could go as far as the standard of people was much higher too......ohh well......🤷🏼♂️😏
Not sure I have seen lots of foreigners, seems you have an agenda, and not a very pleasant one.
Spot on. I grew up in St.Ives and saw how it changed over the years. Would not want to live there anymore sadly it's not the same vibe as it used to be.
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Plenty of fat people but no-one obese!
And the seagulls as usual 😒