If you stand at a certain point in the market square of my home town
( St Ives, Huntingdonshire, now sadly absorbed into Cambridgeshire)
you may take a picture as below
The accusing finger of Oliver Cromwell inexplicably finds the a*** of the innocent emblem of the Golden Lion Hotel.
How unfortunate.
Further revelations on the history of St Ives may be forthcoming.
Allan
allanhurst:
The accusing finger of Oliver Cromwell inexplicably finds the a*** of the innocent emblem of the Golden Lion Hotel.
It takes a brave man to stick his finger up a lion's h**e.
...R
He did get Charles I beheaded - who's afraid of lions?
Allan
allanhurst:
He did get Charles I beheaded - who's afraid of lions?
It was Richard I who was the Lionheart 
(a bit before Cromwell's time)
...R
Robin2:
It was Richard I who was the Lionheart
But Cromwell is pointing to the Richard the Third.
Henry_Best:
But Cromwell ispointing to thepoking Richard the Third.
...R
Did they ever find out how many people went to St Ives?
nyphot:
Did they ever find out how many people went to St Ives?
Only one person, all the rest were coming from St. Ives.
I'm biased, of course, but think it's rather a nice town....
Allan.
Henry_Best:
Only one person, all the rest were coming from St. Ives.
Yeah, just checking 
I learnt one thing from this thread: for some reason I thought St Ives was in Cornwall.
Edit: Ah, there is one in Cornwall.
Hi,
The title of this thread.
A relic of the civil war
simple
USA
Tom...
nyphot:
Yeah, just checkingI learnt one thing from this thread: for some reason I thought St Ives was in Cornwall.
Edit: Ah, there is one in Cornwall.
There's also one in Dorset.
Usual problem. Once you start scratching you find 'ives everywhere
...R