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Runcorn, Runcorn Hill 1923
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In the 1800s this area was one vast quarry. Stone from here was used to build the docks at Liverpool, Holker Hall in Cumbria and Tatton Hall in nearby Knutsford. It is even said that it was used for the building of the docks in New York, the stone originally travelling there as ballast in sailing ships. The stone was also particularly good for the sharpening of tools so that it was exported for this purpose to tool manufacturers all around the world.

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Memories of Runcorn, Runcorn Hill 1923

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Runcorn, Runcorn Hill 1923

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Oh Happy Days
Yes I remember spending most of our (my brother John and I) summer holidays playing on Runcorn Hills. Both parents worked and so most mornings, weather permitting, we would head off to the hills from our home in Weston Village, armed with a bottle of water and usually a jam butty and an apple. We would spend the day there, often meeting up with other kids who were on a similar day out. One very powerful memory ...see more
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Added 19 October 2011

Runcorn Hill On A Summer's Day
Runcorn Hill was a wild place when I knew it back in the early 1960s. I remember even now the smell of the trees and the shade they brought on hot summer days. Yes, we had them back then, when spring came after winter and summer followed on, before autumn reminded us it was time to prepare for winter again. As a child I loved going "up the hill" to play, even on my own. We didn't worry about what ...see more
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Added 25 April 2008

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