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STRI, formerly the Sports Turf Research Institute, is a consultancy for the development of sports surfaces, based in St Ives, Bingley, West Yorkshire, England, providing advice on the research, design, construction and management of both natural and artificial sports fields of play around the world.
The trick is that the listener assumes that all of the others must be totaled up, forgetting that only the narrator is said to be going to St Ives. [1] [6] If everyone mentioned in the riddle were bound for St Ives, then the number would be 2,802: the narrator, the man and his seven wives, 49 sacks, 343 cats, and 2,401 kits.
The rhyme itself doesn't specify whether the entourage is going to or from St Ives, so the description of how many cats, wives, et al are going from St Ives is faulty. sheridan 14:44, September 10, 2005 (UTC) Besides, polygamy is not recognised in the United Kingdom, therefore six of the so-called "wives" can't really be considered wives at all.
The first Old Cornwall Society was established by Robert Morton Nance in St Ives in 1920. [1] Today, The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies consists of over 40 individual societies throughout Cornwall. There are also other affiliated groups within Cornwall as well as those Associated societies and groups in England and overseas.
After the Second World War he decided to pursue a full-time career as an artist. At that time he settled in Newlyn, Cornwall and became closely involved with the renowned artistic community at the nearby town of St. Ives. [1] From 1967, Wells shared his Newlyn studio with fellow artist and friend Denis Mitchell. [2]
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John Knill (1 January 1733 – 29 March 1811) was an English attorney who served as the Collector of Customs at St Ives, Cornwall, from 1762 to 1782.. Knill is primarily remembered for having his own memorial constructed, a 50-foot-high (15 m) three-sided granite obelisk [a] known as Knill's Steeple (also known as Knill's Monument or "The Steeple"), which still stands. [1]
St Ives railway station, in the town; St Ives (UK Parliament constituency), the parliamentary constituency that covers the far west of Cornwall; St Ives, Cambridgeshire, formerly in Huntingdonshire St Ives (Cambridgeshire) railway station, a former railway station in the town; St Ives, Dorset; Bingley St Ives or St. Ives Estate, West Yorkshire