Thursbitch
Author: Alan Garner
Here John Turner was cast away in a heavy snow storm in the night in or about the year 1755.The print of a woman’s shoe was found by his side in the snow where he lay dead. This enigmatic memorial stone, high on the bank of a prehistoric Pennine track in Cheshire, is a mystery that lives on in the hill farms today. John Turner was a packman. With his train of horses he car….Read More
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