Great stuff. Gorse hill park was also a golf course. And Trafford hall had a golf course too. Great to see someone looking into the history of our towns.
Loved the video 👍, you may already know but forgot to mention just a stones throw (pardon the pun) from the great stone there was a school named Great stone secondary modern school for boys, which I attended (some times). years later a PC world was built in it's place and now stands a Lidl store. Keep the videos coming mate 😊
Fantastic, thank you. The Great Stone apparently held a Cross? The meeting of four roads have always been a "superstitious" place. Hangings were done on crossroads, people believed the souls of "sinners" would be confused and not make heaven! There are also stories of the Stone being on crossings of major Ley Lines?
Hi. You've been busy watching our videos. Thanks. Furiously trying to get one finished for Halloween. Some great comments. I'll get to them eventually.
Very interesting and thanks for putting the video together. I always thought that Crossford Bridge is where you cross the ford rather than there being a stone cross there. Washway Road or Washway is where the water washed away.
I thought that too. It could very well be. But when you think about it, saying cross the ford, it's a bit like saying ford the ford. Is there such a thing as a "double positive"? You would think the ford would be described with a noun or adjective not a verb. the ford by the cross (crossford) or the ford in the woods (Woodford) etc. Do you cross the ford or ford the river? But hey there's no accounting for the English language. Just thinking out loud, Nobody knows the origin for sure it's just one theory.
In Urmston cemetery there are tiny shells galore, I think the river was redirected at sometime? The waters would have been shallow, so maybe it was a ford?
Great stuff. Gorse hill park was also a golf course. And Trafford hall had a golf course too. Great to see someone looking into the history of our towns.
Good stuff
Good stuff as usual! I particularly liked the appearance of Biggus Dickus at 0.45.
And the Easter egg award goes to....Tony Ollier. lol
Loved the video 👍, you may already know but forgot to mention just a stones throw (pardon the pun) from the great stone there was a school named Great stone secondary modern school for boys, which I attended (some times). years later a PC world was built in it's place and now stands a Lidl store. Keep the videos coming mate 😊
Thanks for the info!
Great stuff
Thanks
Grateful for this information and the cool tone and tenor of narration is really appreciated
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks, I often wonder about that, most people on TH-cam seem to speak a mile a minute.
Another superb video.. 👍
Thanks a lot 😊
Fantastic, thank you. The Great Stone apparently held a Cross? The meeting of four roads have always been a "superstitious" place. Hangings were done on crossroads, people believed the souls of "sinners" would be confused and not make heaven! There are also stories of the Stone being on crossings of major Ley Lines?
Hi. You've been busy watching our videos. Thanks. Furiously trying to get one finished for Halloween. Some great comments. I'll get to them eventually.
Another interesting and well made video. Thanks for posting Paul.
Many thanks!
Very interesting and thanks for putting the video together. I always thought that Crossford Bridge is where you cross the ford rather than there being a stone cross there. Washway Road or Washway is where the water washed away.
I thought that too. It could very well be. But when you think about it, saying cross the ford, it's a bit like saying ford the ford. Is there such a thing as a "double positive"? You would think the ford would be described with a noun or adjective not a verb. the ford by the cross (crossford) or the ford in the woods (Woodford) etc. Do you cross the ford or ford the river? But hey there's no accounting for the English language. Just thinking out loud, Nobody knows the origin for sure it's just one theory.
In Urmston cemetery there are tiny shells galore, I think the river was redirected at sometime? The waters would have been shallow, so maybe it was a ford?