HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-08-19, Page 5W.eilNESDAy., AUGUST 19; 1964.
THE LUCKNOW .SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, 'ONTARIO
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.Describes Blessing and Dressing "The
VVeIIs ' Celebration
• Dear Little, Mice ---
• Now ,what to tell you today?
Really, I know, or I wouldn't be
writing to, you. I have Seen . so
many children here that • it ' is
natural; to write to you, HERE.
is Buxton, a very interesting town
in the Derbyshire. Hills, in the
Derbyshire' National Park in the
middle `of England or near it. At'
this ' moment, I am sitting in an
old sandstone quarry. . I expect
you think that is a queer place
to be but actually it is quite pret-
ty and certainly very different
from most camping sites, I am
looking straight at the old quarry
wall, probably 75 feet high. The
sandstone . 'is . all ' in layers;' and
the Mayers, are luitc level here.
• At the" lower Part, the layers are
very thick and , nassirz .and look
very solid -- which they 'are. As
your eyes go up, the layers (or
strata) are thinner and look a
bit crumbly, and get more crum-
bly nearer• the top; The last few
feet at the very top are not rock
at all, but loose sand or clay
or something. The whole bank is
a lovely dull reddish -brown col-
our: (Mostof the hduses. on . this
road are ' built of this stone.) It
has been abandoned -long enough
that grass •and buttercups and
even. small trees are growing in.
the crannies. There is grass. along
the edge at the top and a dry
stone ,' wall also. The sky is ' ,a
glorious blue today- very clean
after being washed most of yes-
terday — and there are small
filmy white clouds floating by.
There is a pool, fountain, tiny
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statue, rose arbour and rose gar-
den in the middle of • the site, •-and.
an aviary of budgies at one side.
So you see, it may sound a queer
place, but it is really a very
pretty place to camp, There are.
1.9 permanent caravans or trailers
here, and three transients. ,
Now, . a. bit .about Buxton. First•
of all, it has. mineral. springs, The
water is' quite warm . but has al-
most' no .mineral flavour. We are
1000 feet above sea level with
quite high hills all around, They
call this lower part ,theBuxton
Basin."The springs were known
nearly. 2000 years ago when the
Romans were in Britain. They
loved hot mineral baths and ; there
are still bits • of the old. Roman
bath houses to be found. After
the Romans left, all this part
of the country became a Royal
hunting forest. In winter the deer
—' bucks and does -- gathered . in
the warm basin and that is where
the name and • coat of arms come
.from " — • bucks, Buxton In the
time of Queen.. Elizabeth, most of
the valley was owned by the •Earl
of ' Shrewsbury. His : house is now
A hotel. Nobility' used to 'come
to Buxtonevery year to be healed
of various diseases.2 ` The spring
became known . as St. Ann's Well
because St. Ann was the patron
saint of cripples. Later still, the
Duke of Devonshire got the land •
and Buxton really began to boom.
Lovely big stone houses, hotels
and hospitals were built. A 'visit.
to :Buxton to 'take the .:.waters'
either to drink or bathe in Was
'the • thing to do.' A ' later Duke
of Devonshire was Governor`Gen-
eral of . Canada. • Now, it is ': a
holiday resort and most Of the,.
baths • have become , swim ming
pools. But the :biggest `; hospital is'
now a National Health Hospital
and Orthopedic Clinic. We -have
seen many : wheel 'chairpatients
around the. town. '
In • ancient . Roman days : there
was a great Fontonalia or Foun-
tain : Feast when food and drink
'were offered to the god Fons or
Fontus.:..(That is where .we get
our word fountain.) Garlands of
flowers were placed around the:
•spring and a religious ceremony
was held. This week has . been
Wells Dressing_ Week ': in - Buxton.
Two mineral springs in the town
have been; `dressed' and look . very
pretty., A large.framework is
made .and covered • with, wet clay.
Thena design .is made of natur-
al vegetation' pressed into wet
clay and nothing else may be
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well. must be 10; feet high' and est one, a >pony -tailed 4 -year-old
6. or 7 feet, . across. It shows the by her looks, ; couldn't keep, up
. interior .' •of ::the church • in Strat- and, kept . getting lost., She was
ford where. Shakespeare is: buried, cute especially doing, the. Can
with ' a Bible text across the top. Can., There were 8 groups of. den
I , got' •as close as I could to see cers putting on: : displays. '
what. had . been used. I could • see Yesterday
bark for the stone •work, corn for h `- Saturday was
the brass, flo.wer. petals ,for ' all the final day with 'a b'ig parade,
dance and fancy ' dress .,;compete-,
the coloured, windows etc., grain tions'and prize giving..As on Fri-
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Tuesday •, when it. w a s erected • p They
there was • a religious ceremonyeither gay or dainty � colours and
blessing ' as ,well as : dressinhow those youngsters 'can dance:
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Some dances lasted 15 minutes or
the wells: It all originated as 'a . ,never
pagan festival, but 'after all, wa- !-fal longer
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and a coach provided for •her — park where the competitons .were
not ' a .shiny convertible, I am held and • children looking on were,
glad to say. The theme this • year doing the same steps. Some who
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is a large float representing . 'a the music formed circles and had
• garden with figures of. s•o m e dances on their own. •And I un_.
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• Queen, is beautifully dressed and week or else the ' beginning of
has a long satin : train. • She has summer holidays'.
• four `little fairy-like , train -bear- - 1 wish you had been. with me.
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Sincerely,
• ing the• week, the float is taken
all over • the town and the Queen • •• The Country• Mouse
and her retinue visit hospitals, The • Punch Bowl Buxton
etc. „Friday 'night, the 'Royal' Par. July 12, 1964, '
ty', and the Queen's Dancers ofBayfield •
spent some time in the Crescent, Joseph Allaire
• and that is 'part of the reason 1 rhas
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