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The Waits, St Ives 2000

The Waits, so called because the barges and lighters had to wait here to be loaded, unloaded or moved up and down stream. It is now a nice place to sit and sometimes in the summer a Brass Band plays here

The Waits, St Ives around 1900

Taken at the turn of the century 1900-1910