Thurstaston, Thor's Stone c.1955

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Wow this brings back memories of climbing - and on one memorable occasion becoming 'frozen' and unable to move up or down the almost (to me) sheer face on the other side of the Stone! Born in Irby in 1945 so it would have been in the 50's. Also riding 'Princess' a friend's pony across the common. There was a smithy on a farm on (I think) Mill Hill Road where Prinny had her shoes re-shod - Pauline Burchall and I used to play in the haystack while we waited!

Vikings And Saxons Thors Stone c1960 Enlarge photo | More about this photo How many young vikings and saxons would have been slain trying to capture this ancient landmark.Memories of sword fights blood and guts in a childs fantasy. A wonderful place to explore and imagine. The view from the rock across the Dee estuary is magnificent and I would think that countless photographs would have been taken from this vantage point.

I used to live in a house at the top of Grange Hill in a road called Monks Way. At the top of our garden, just opposite Tottey's garage, there was the remains of a round sandstone tower. We were told that the area used to be a monastry or abbey, hence the name "Monks way". The monks were apparently persecuted and the tower was a watch tower to warn of any trouble. It was claimed that there was an underground ...see more