Page Ten THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, Noy, W .. . 'Oh Oud and . . By Audrey Watts McNaughton I Peterborough Greetings from England. Although the fen-country around Peterborough is not as interesting scenically as many other parts, it contains a great many places of historic importance. Agri- culturally it possesses some of the wealthiest land in England as witnessed by the rich black sofl and enormous neat thatched hay- ricks standing side by side, whose uniform shapes give the impres- sion that they have been turned out of a giant muffin tin. The country is crisscrossed by dykes and I heard with interest that the area was known as Holland and the Netherlands had been given that title by British sailors be- cause of its similarity to that part of England. Besides rich crops the earth has yielded a record of the creatures and men from before the stone-age. Archeologists have uncovered pre- historic beasts and weapons. The Roman pottery and trinkets of a later period are interesting and fill shelves in museums all over the country. In Saxon times the natives of the fens were known as 'stilt-walkers' as this was ap- parently the easiest way to tra- verse the swamps and marshes. I wonder how many got bogged down? There are still a few big wind-mills left but in most pla- ces the sails have been removed and they stand like lonely sent- inels looking out over the land whose grain they have ground for years. One of the most «interesting historic sites is Croyland Abbey. We went picnicing out there re- cently and enjoyed our lunch un- der a spreading beech tree. An ancient stone wall between the Abbey and a lovely pasture af- forded a good back-rest. It was very peaceful with the Abbey Dell chiming out over the dozing farmland and except for the ra- ther ominous gun-posts Which are spotted all over the fens, we could easily picture the monks of the early Abbey engaged in their meditations, feeling the same stillness we felt and enjoy- ing natures bounty. Croyland is famous as being among the earliest monastic es- tablisnments in England. It is the parent of Cambridge Univer- sity and during the attacks by the Lanes afforded refuge to kings, nobles and poor alike. The foundation of the original Abbey was laid by Prince Ethelbald on St. Bartholomew's Day, 716, as a thank offering for the protec- tion he received and the friend he found when he was eluding the fury of his cousin who also sought the throne, He succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia early in the eighth century. At that time the Abbey was on an island, and a damp place it must have been, surrounded by marshes. In 870 when the Danes attacked the Abbey here at Peterborough, the flames could be seen by the monks at Croyland, twenty-five miles away and they set out by boat to the rescue, The Danes fled, leaving the bodies of 84 monks slain in the raid, to be puried by their brothers from Croyland. Wie felt our way up nearly 200 stone steps to the top of the Ab- Except for two tiny bey tower. v pattlement slits enroute it was pitch dark and the spry verger familiar with each hollow in the circular staircase, had hopped ahead of us and seemed fo sec no need for a light. The view was well worth the somewhat uneasy approach though, and from the roof we had a better idea of the part of the Abbey which now lies in ruins, The fine Norman dog-tooth arch was built around 1150 and several other portions of this period are still standing. fire and in 1643 was bombarded by Cromwell. Last year during the severe floods it again became on island as it had been 1000 years ago but continued to carr, on as the centre in the life of it's who were waned of the people, d danger by it's tolling bell. The inside seemed small after the great cathedrals but has an am- COUTT'S -- and -- RUST CRAFT "Canada's Finest" ie K b) eenan's SMOKE & CARD SHOP "Let Keenan's Cards . ... Carry Your Message" Colborne St. Oakville) azing coll n of historic mom- entos through which can be tra- ced the history of that area for over 1200 years. Historical rec- ords seem impersonal until one comes across a bit which throws a very human light on the people who lived there centuries before. One of the comparatively recent tablets (1706) on the wall caught our attention by it's quaintly worded inscription. "Man's life is like unto a winter's day, some break their fast, and so departs away, others stay dinner then de- parts full fed, the longest age but sups and goes to bed. O, read- er then behold and see; as we are now so must you be." 1706. Another interesting thing at Croyland is it's famous Triangu- lar bridge, built about 1370 and said to be the greatest curiosity of it's kind in England. To-day it looks strange standing high and dry in the market-place but at the time it was built the streets were waterways and flo- wed through it's three arches. It was built for foot traffic as it is too marrow for vehicles and too steep for horses and mules. Bd- ward 1V after visiting the Abbey in 1468 left for Fotheringhay Castle from the bridge. Traces can be seen of where a large cross stood at the highest point of the bridge, which formed a Pp! station and it is still ANNUAL TOWNSHIP PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION OF OAKVILLE MASONIC HALL TUESDAY, NOV. 9th 1948 8.30 P.M. EVERYONE INTERESTED IN ALSO CORDIALLY WELCOME MEETING TRAFALGAR Leaves Kerr St. 7.10 a.m. OAKVILLE Bus Schedule 9.40 a.m. 2 oa 10.40 a.m. 9.10 a.m. STOP AT 12.00 -- 10.10 a.m. ALL 1.10 p.m. 11.10 a.m. CORNERS 2.10 p.m. 12.40 p.m. ON ROUTE 3.10 p 1.40 p.m DOUGLAS a 2.40 p.m. To 4.10 p.m. 3.40 p.m. SPRUCE 5.10 p.m. 4.40 p.m. To 6.10 p.m. 5.40 p.m. REYNOLDS 7.10 p.m. 6.40 p.m 8.10 p.m 7.40 p.m, Io 8.40 p.m 9.10 p.m. 9.40 p.m. 10.10 p.m. Leaves Dundas St. BUS LINES 'ei|ound it the more venturesome royland Abbey has suffered : 3 x : me > earth-quakes, floods and play at Red Indians. From it's rom > summit the town ecrier, with due Plastic Model Arouses Comment In a recent "The Homemaker" column in the Toronto Globe & Mail, Mona Purser presented an in- teresting commentary dealing with iglas model of the Oakville Memorial Hospital, re- ¢ on display at the industrial Under the heading, e Hosp Mar- " Miss Purser had chibition. "Plastic Oak vellous Miniatur this to sa; al is The other ay T saw through the new Oakville Hospital. And "saw through" is, in this case, a vi literal term. I didn't go to Oaky -- and probably it wouldn't have done me much good if I had, at this age. But I sought out the old brick stable at the back of a big Victorian house at 1068 Broadview one of the old Taylor houses of Todmorden. It looked very much like any other stable of the period, except that a small sign on the door "Model Products." bore the words Inside I met the firm known as Model Products and comprising two very young-looking people, Nora used as sucheach Good Friday when the Rector and the Abbey choir hold an open air service. 1 could pot do better than to quote the concluding paragraph in the little Abbey Guide. Referring to the Bridge it says: "In the present day, the Bridge fulfills many functions. On it's steps the older inhabitants sit, sunning themselves and watching the rising generation. To the Bridge comes the man who wants | to be hired for a day's work. Hither come the children to slide down the stone balustrade and wear out their breeches; and ar- solemnity of hell, gives out his public notices. In the evening when' all is done, hoth young and old foregather at the Bridge and discuss the-affairs of the nation, the price of potatoes and the ec- centricities of the weather. In fact the Bridge is Croyland Press Bureau; it's official reports some- times are not altogether accurate, so that when any strange rumour floats down the brecze, the wise- headed remark, 'It's only Bridge talk. " Let's hope some of these inter- national rumours are just that! 'Bye for now, Leo and Derek Chater. The interior of the building--the only place that could be found for the establishment of this thriving industrial venture-- led stalls still in place and the above still reves ornamental cay with touches of colored paint. The mangers provided storage space and all available floor space had been used for sefting up a fine array of modern electrical equipment -- chiefly for the purpose of working There were lathes, jig saw, buffer, sander, drill woodwork plastics circular press, paint sprayer and a complete set of what looked exactly like at- dentist's drill -- ular saws and saw, tachments for a emery wheels, tiny brushes and all the nasty penetrat- ing and revolving devices with which every dental patient is only too familiar But the thing I had come to sce, the product of all this equipment, was the beautiful model of the new Oakville Hospital, built of trans- parent plexiglas from the drawings of the architect, Mr. W. L. Somer- ville, on a scale of one-eighth of an inch to a foot. Set in perfectly graded miniature grounds, with driveways and shrubbery, was this accurate model of a two-story build- ing. The transparent roof could be lifted right off and an expertly ar- ranged network of private rooms, te and 6-bed wards could be more closely examined. There even tiny beds of opaque, nilk-white plexiglas, made to scale, to show how these fit into the re- Next the whole upper w the en- semi-pri red spa floor was lifted out and IT basement with its trance and all its efficient layout, accurate to within one two-hun- dredth of an inch. The partitions are put together with a solvent; no. whole result, ambulance glue is used; and the most useful in planning such ar stitution and "helpful to both architect and those who employ him, is a really exquisite bit of handicraft. the INVOLVED Additional evidence of the need for a cloverleaf at the busy Seventh Line-Queen Elizabeth Way inter- section was provided early last Fri- day morning hy a spectacular traffic mishap involving three large trans- port trucks. though damage was extensive, however, only one driver suffered injury in the crash, Hurled from the cab of his truck when two gas tanks exploded after it collided with a heavy bread van in a soupy fog, Jack Swerdsegger, Woodstock, was treated for facial cuts and shock. he dijye, bread! transport escaped rte although the entire rear whi riage was stripped from |; Hundreds of loaves of fy, strewn over the roadway Ll cel Vehic] dy Er Optometrist 173 Colborne Street Daily 9.30 to 5.00 Sat. 3 9.30 to 12.00 Carsten Glahn - Optician Oakville -- TELEPHONE 1375 -- OFFICE HOURS Evenings Mon. and Thurs. 7 to g Or By Appointment physician. are employed. 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