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Hiya,
My family and I now live in Australia but we had a farm near Storton (from approx 1953-1961)and I have many beautiful memories of times spent in the area and especially in the woods. I attended Birkenhead Primary which was a reasonably short bus ride from Storeton.
I'm wondering whether there is anyone else who may have lived in the area that I can reminisce with about the wild Daffodils and Bluebells that carpeted the woods every Spring.
121.216.3.92 12:37, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
I dont think its true that stone from the quarry is the stone used to clad the State building. I believe the stone used came from the Empire Quarry in Bedford, Indiana. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.197.67 ( talk) 14:03, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Ghmyrtle,
I see you have reverted an edit I made on the use of Storeton stone on the Empire State Building,from doing a bit of research on this point I have come to the conclusion that no stone from this quarry was used as cladding on the Empire Building. The stone that was used came from the Empire Quarry in Indiana USA ( http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/empire-state-quarry)(/info/en/?search=Indiana_Limestone). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.224.118.107 ( talk) 13:56, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
I see that someone has removed the reference. I just want to add that I have tried to get Mum to publish an article about this - she's an esteemed local historian and author of a history of Birkenhead - but she is very old school when it comes to this sort of thing and it isn't something that is obviously of academic interest on its own. She did contact the BGS author who had no source for his claim and could not recall why he thought so. It is a persistent local rumour, but it is simply not credible. Sigh. Sometimes WP exhausts me. Francis Davey ( talk) 19:03, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
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Hiya,
My family and I now live in Australia but we had a farm near Storton (from approx 1953-1961)and I have many beautiful memories of times spent in the area and especially in the woods. I attended Birkenhead Primary which was a reasonably short bus ride from Storeton.
I'm wondering whether there is anyone else who may have lived in the area that I can reminisce with about the wild Daffodils and Bluebells that carpeted the woods every Spring.
121.216.3.92 12:37, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
I dont think its true that stone from the quarry is the stone used to clad the State building. I believe the stone used came from the Empire Quarry in Bedford, Indiana. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.197.67 ( talk) 14:03, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Ghmyrtle,
I see you have reverted an edit I made on the use of Storeton stone on the Empire State Building,from doing a bit of research on this point I have come to the conclusion that no stone from this quarry was used as cladding on the Empire Building. The stone that was used came from the Empire Quarry in Indiana USA ( http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/empire-state-quarry)(/info/en/?search=Indiana_Limestone). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.224.118.107 ( talk) 13:56, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
I see that someone has removed the reference. I just want to add that I have tried to get Mum to publish an article about this - she's an esteemed local historian and author of a history of Birkenhead - but she is very old school when it comes to this sort of thing and it isn't something that is obviously of academic interest on its own. She did contact the BGS author who had no source for his claim and could not recall why he thought so. It is a persistent local rumour, but it is simply not credible. Sigh. Sometimes WP exhausts me. Francis Davey ( talk) 19:03, 3 May 2021 (UTC)