After our day in Gorton, it was time to meet up with my genealogy pen-pal Elaine and her husband Keith. They picked us up at our hotel in Manchester and we immediately took off touring the countryside. Our first stop was Hopewell and the Blue John stone quarry. The abandon castle is atop the town -- as you can see, very Norman in appearance.
Typical old English town -- lovely stone buildings all around.
Elaine and Richard walking up the street in Hopewell.
Everything is hundreds of years old -- this church dates back to the early 1500's. You can see that the pews had doors on them (no escapees!)
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