That was our playground when we were kids,we used to climb under the lip of frogs gob,dwn below in Happy valley was called the Giants table,there are many hidden tunnels used in the war as air raid shelters & the iron work Eric saw was to support a flag pole,a raised red flag was raised when the bogies were going down Sandylane to the docks...Ian

Am amazed at how green it has all become. As a child during WW2 growing up in Weston Point the quarry was practically devoid of vegetation. I didn't know that there were tunnels and shelters there. I expect my father did...he commanded the Home Guard, Major William (Bill) Johnstone. Think the HQ was in Moughlands on the Heath. I also loved the walk past the Isolation Hospital through the Hills to the pond on the Heath. Happy memories.

Just for a geological perspective ....they are lower triassic sandstones known as the bunter sandstone and were laid down by a very large braided river system. The sandstone deposition happened during the permoTriassic 'great dying event ' when virtually 95 % of life on earth went extinct, An event that led to the rise of the dinosaurs. Great video 🙏

Runcorn hill is actually a giant ww2 bunker. You can go inside the cliff, and it's got loads of rooms all set up. The access has been covered with a massive iron plate. They were going to turn it into a museum and didn't bother. Thanks for sharing I live in Runcorn and love it, it's full of history.

I grew up there an still live 5 min away, the cave is called witches cave cos its shaped like a witches hat, and if you noticed a big circle carved in to the top of frogs gob that is where the anti aircraft gun was sat guarding ICI during ww2, an them 2 big grass hills are underground reservoir for all our water, I know that place like the back of me hand and there is a lot more than meets the eye, top vid🤙

Apparently, the sandstones demise, was when America got their stone from elsewhere. And it was the base of the cathedral. Not all of it. They told me about it in the cathedral a few months ago. Very interesting. And this video gives even more info. A great video.

Roamed all over those hills when we were kids and teens. And it's Frog's Gob! 👍

I have blocks of red sandstone from that quarry in my garden. Lovely stone but extremely fragile. Big chips the size of your hand fall off if you knock the edges.

Frogs gob we called it , spent many hours playing up the hills

That was the best playground a kid could have, every summer holiday was spent "up the hills", nobody i knew ever came to grief but it's so easy to see how it can happen. Moved away from Runcorn a while ago and had no idea a number of poor souls had lost their lives there. Somewhere round frogs gob my name and my mates names are all chiselled into the sandstone...great memories of wonderful times...

What a great place to explore ....soon as I saw that sign on the gate I knew where you were going next !!! 😂🤣😅🤣😂

Boss video boys!...

Loved that mate, pure quality start to finish!

Hi George, It was great to see Eric back on your explors fascinating seeing the old carvings on the sandstone but wow very sketchy don't think l could have done that great video thanks for sharing 👍

Brilliant video George I no how dangerous it is up there we do a lot of hiking around there and mountain bike rideing thanks for sharing this and its gr8 to see eric back with u take care

Great video. Frogs gob always made me nervous but thankfully I was fairly sensible.

Omg that was terrifying to watch but fun at the same time

Grew up in Halton, But that's one area i never visited.. Remember seeing about Wayne in the chester chronicle newspaper.. What a shame, He would been nearlly mid 40's today age wise..

Love the unseen side of that whole area. I love going there in the summer when the weathers nicer. Didn't know about the tunnels. Interesting. It'd be very rare to find an area which hadn't been frequented by teens/young adults leaving their litter etc.

My missis said she used to walk through a tunnel there called Mickley Drip! I've just googled it and can't find it, I'll dig deeper as it's interesting, great vid as ever George.. 👍