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Hey, that's really cool, Jack! Thanks for sharing those with us. I really love historical photos, and a window into the working-class life of generations past is a truly valuable thing. :thumbup:
 
Again, you're very welcome gents. I've posted these before, but thought it couldn't hurt to add them to this thread :)









 
Jack Black said:
Much of the countryside, particularly to the West of Sheffield is absolutely littered with grindstones, in this case unused and in some cases unfinished. Apparently the reason for this, was that the price of French stone suddenly dropped to less than the price of English stone, and so the quarry workers were just told not to come back to work tomorrow and the stones were left where they were.
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This is not my pic, but I wanted to give an example. There are thousands of these old stones scattered around, mainly close to the gritstone edges that were originally cut out by melting glaciers after the Ice Age, and later quarried. They are noe the preserve of the rock climber and hill walker.

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Jack Black said:
This is not my pic, but I wanted to give an example. There are thousands of these old stones scattered around, mainly close to the gritstone edges that were originally cut out by melting glaciers after the Ice Age, and later quarried. They are noe the preserve of the rock climber and hill walker.

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Thanks for sharing. That is a beautiful picture.

- Christian
 
I should say again that that isn't my photo, but I do think it's impressive. It's taken very close to one of my old climbing grounds, and actually the place an old friend of mine is due to have his ashes scattered this week. If anyone wants to see any more photos of the scattered millstones, a Google search of 'Millstones Peak District' will produce plenty more pics :)
 
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