Have you heard of Kitty's Corner? It is one of my favourite places in St Ives. It is the part of harbour beach in front of the cottages right over in the far corner by Smeaton's Pier.
Who Is Kitty?
It is called Kitty's Corner after a local lady who used to live the end cottage by the passage way down to the beach. She often used to sit out there on the stones with her most beautiful black cat.
It is one of the warmest, most sheltered spots in town and even in Winter there is always a warm, sunny corner to shelter in (when it's a nice day).
According to my father in law, who met her several times, Kitty was a lovely lady, really friendly and happy for both locals and visitors to chat to her.
Apparently she used to wash her steps and swill the water all over any poor person who got in her way! She used to collect sand from the beach for her cat's litter tray. She was also known to do her washing up in the sea!
These days this part of the beach is lovely for paddling in and collecting seaglass.
Controversially for these days, Kitty used to feed the pigeons and seagulls bird seed every day.
Sadly, Kitty passed away in 2006, a local character who is missed but still remembered.
So if you are down on St Ives harbour beach, have a nice little wander over to the beautiful Kitty's Corner and remember who it was named after!
It is the perfect place to enjoy a Cornish pasty too - just mind the seagulls and people in luminous budgie smugglers (check out the photo)!
Kitty's Corner On The Great St Ives Pasty Dash Game
Kitty's Corner had to be featured on our game, The Great St Ives Pasty Dash. It is in the illustrations, it has its own space, and there are postcards with facts about it on too.
Map Of Kitty's Corner
