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The Pureland Japanese Garden
While visiting my sister-in-law Margaret Paine in nearby North Muskham, I discovered this exquisitely beautiful Japanese garden. It is known as the Pureland Japanese Garden and Meditation Centre and is in North Clifton.
It appears to have been built by one man (Buddha Maitreya) over many years and is truly staggering in its simple beauty.
How is it possible that one man has taken a couple of acres of flat land and transfomed it with his bare hands to a landscape of humps, hollows, trees and water.
Once seen but never forgotten. A tranquil place that lends itself to higher self-awareness, and meditation.
It is beautiful!
Grandad
My great-grandad was born in South Clifton along with his parents but I don't know where, I would love to find out, his name was Charles Edward Walker.
Memories of E/st Markham Hall
I remember my father moving to East Markham Hall in about 1937. We moved from Ranskill and there were three of us kids and Mum and Dad. He paid £50 a year rent from Mr Wrench who lived next door in a cottage. There was a big garden, a kitchen garden with a 6ft wall round it with a greenhouse with a boiler which I had to keep going during the winter. We kept chickens, ducks and till the war, and bred Samoyed dogs. There was a big Horse Chestnut tree and other trees which held a rookery, they made a great noise each morning, and in the spring we used to shoot the young rooks out of the nests. In the paddock were walnut trees and good grazing. There was a big rose garden with a mulberry tree in it and on the wall were peach and fig trees. In the big stables at the back, the Lovat Scouts came at the beginning of the war with their horses (see East... Read more
Remembrance Day
It was in the mid 50s that I went with my Grandmother to the Remembrance Day services held at the War Memorial. There were a group of WW1 veterans in a line and as a young child it was a surprise to me that they were crying. When I grew up and learnt what had been the horror of that war I understood.
My Grandmother had several cousins who died and whose names were on there. She pointed them out to me, but I do not remember them. In my mind's eye, I can see the scene. Remembrance Day remains an emotional time for me and I'm sure it goes back to those Sundays in November.
Remembrance Day
It was in the mid 50s that I went with my Grandmother to the Remembrance Day services held at the War Memorial. There were a group of WW1 veterans in a line and as a young child it was a surprise to me that they were crying. When I grew up and learnt what had been the horror of that war I understood.
My Grandmother had several cousins who died and whose names were on there. She pointed them out to me, but I do not remember them. In my mind's eye, I can see the scene. Remembrance Day remains an emotional time for me and I'm sure it goes back to those Sundays in November.
WW11 Leeds Evacuees.
I was one of so many 10 year olds that arrived in East Retford Sept 1939. I was so lucky to have been cared for by caring loving families in Retford for five years. The most happiest childhood memories of my life. I have cherished those memories for the the last 69 years. God Bless East Retford.
My Days at Sir Frederick Milner 1942 -45
The teachers were `Zorra` Hardy,`Percy` Noble, `Gunner` Meadows, `Musha`Pitt and Harry Firth. The Headmaster was Mr Hewitt. Ken Barkworth used to come home on leave from the army and take us for PT in the hall and I used to box him.
My class mates were Donald Backhouse, Donald Levick ,Frank Taylor, Gordon Blake, Bert Mellors and Frank Wilson. I played football for the school in goal.
The most famous pupil was Peter Jarvis who went on to swim for England in the Olympics. The Yarmouth evacuees came and started their own school and we used to go 9am.-till 11.0am and 1.0pm - 3.0pm and they went 11am-1.0pm and 3.0pm till 5.0pm.
I travelled from Woodbeck to Retford on Brumptons bus and during the 2hr. lunch break we played marbles - Holey.
Cliff Charlesworth (Now 76yrs.old)
