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Newest Review: ... road / by pass and Bridge street is pedestrianised. St Ives was originally called Slepe but was later named after St Ivo a Persian bishop whose bones were found at St Ives in 1001 St Ives town has several shops some of these are a woolworths, a Boots, Super drug, Eaden lilley department store now replaces the old department store Bryants, dewhursts the butchers, a couple of newsagents (I used to work in a small newsagent to earn my pocket money when I was 15) A waitrose, Lloyds chemist, a jewellers, a shoe shop or two and several hairdressers. St Ives is a small town but people from the neighbouring villages shop here. One of the attract... more

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St Ives in general: As I was going to St Ives (857 words)
by - written on 21/05/05 (Very useful, 171 readings)
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As I was going to St Ives I met a man with seven wives. Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits; Kits, cats, sacks and wives - How many were going to St Ives? So goes the old rhyme written about this St Ives answers in my comment book and I will tell you if you are right, prize, eeeeerrrr I will read and write a comment on one of your reviews I went to secondary school there yes I went to the Ivo 40 years ago, failed my 11 plus so had to go to the secondary school in the town of St Ives 4 miles away from my home village. This school is now a comprehensive. This town ... Read the complete review

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