Well, Italian Defender!
Don't even bother to try working that one out, it is a very obscure bad word
pun from yonks ago that only my mate, Brian Wreglesworth, will get.
Anyway, back to the unreal world .....
In a bizarre twist of fate Spooky St. Ives made it into a national paper
(Daily Express 22 January 2002) as can be seen from the attached incriminating
evidence:-
INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE
I don't know who this Naomi Marks bloke is, and I never got any advance
warning from the perpetrators of the article. In deed, I would probably never
have known about the article if it had not been for a tip-off from none other
than the Twickenham Seagull, Alan Spencer. Disturbingly, this could mean that:-
EVEN NEW YEAR'S EVE REVELERS MAY BE HUMAN
BEINGS TOO!
It's a nice thought but a worrying one, too. What if they are genetically
compatible with local residents? Maybe this explains the origins of the
Demilitarised Zone or as it is referred to now ..... Devon!
I'm not usually one to suck my own trombone (or whatever the expression is)
but I do find a certain ironic iconoclastic pleasure in my rank amateur, make it
up as you go along, print and be damned, buggered if I know how it works website
getting a write up in a national paper ahead of all those impeccable commercially-designed
St. Ives sites.
But if it is a victory for substance over style then you can all give
yourselves a hearty pat on the back too. I would not have bothered continuing to
try to develop the site if I had thought that no one was bothering to pay any
attention. Thank you, all of you (in St. Ives and the real world) who have given
me your feedback, positive and negative. Oh God, now I'm starting to sound like a
bad Oscar speech by Gwyneth Poultry.
By the way, if it's any consolation to the Schadenfreude crowd, as a result
of the new-found status of Spooky St. Ives, offers of gainful employment from
all corners of the world have failed to flood in!
What is it they say? No gain, what a pain.
Never Mind The Bollards!
Visited St. Ives in the Summer? Noticed how difficult it is to navigate the
Wharf? Did you become enraged by your lack of progress?
If the answer to all three questions is 'yes' then stop reading now.
For reasons yet to be revealed work (which can be revealed) is being carried
out on the Wharf. Ladies and gentlemen, we introduce to you ..... the Wharf
road-narrowing project!
Yes, you know that bit at the Lifeboat pub where you start running out of
room to manoeuvre? Well, .....
While it might be arguable that these will prevent illegal parking on the
Wharf it does beg the question as to how delivery lorries are supposed to unload
supplies at the pubs, restaurants and shops without holding everyone up. Maybe
Santa and his elves will just re-stock them via the chimney!
On the other hand, it must be said that this could be a golden opportunity to
boost the local economy. Already various entrepreneurs are bidding highly for the
franchise at the bottom of Lifeboat Hill to sell sandwiches and sleeping bags to
weary long-distance travellers trying to complete the last few hundred yards of
their journey!
Capture The Silver Snitch!
Hurrah! Feast Day is rapidly approaching. Monday 4 February is the Feast Day
of St. Eia/Ia/Ives (select spelling according to tastes). In a cunning move, the
tedious God-bothering bit is done on Sunday so everyone can concentrate on the
real festivities the following day.
Said festivities include a procession by the mayor and other local (in)dignitaries from Venton Ia (St. Eia's Well) to the parish church. Then at
10.30 am, in a tradition whose origins are lost in the mists of time, the mayor
chucks a silver ball from the wall of the parish church onto the harbour beach
below Lambeth Walk. Local children are then allowed to pound, pummel and subdue
each other for possession of the silver ball. The winner is the sprog who
presents the silver ball back to the mayor at high noon outside the Guildhall.
There are other events as well, but none as funny as watching the almighty
ruck that takes place on the beach. (It's also a handy way of disposing of any
surplus child population!).
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