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Cannock Chase Ramble

20th January 2025 @ 6:06am – by Rambling Reporter
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Cannock Chase Ramble

11 Audlem Ramblers enjoyed a 9 mile walk around Cannock Chase last Saturday, observing much of the 20th century history on show:-

  • RAF Hednesford Museum (a hut at the start!)
  • German and Commonwealth Graveyards
  • Katyn Memorial Stone
  • Line of the Tackeroo Railway
  • Coal Station (not much left!)
  • Glacier Boulder
  • Freda Memorial (Dalmation Dog Mascot for the NZ Riflemen WW1)
  • Firing Ranges (Rifles)
  • Many trees originally destined to become pit props for local coal mines


re the Glacier Boulder – from Lichfield Lore:-
"The boulder was found in a pit in Brocton around 1950 and was originally placed at the top of the wonderfully named Pudding Hill at Milford by the Association of the Friends of Cannock Chase. In September 1954, it was pushed off the hill by a gang of wrong uns and so the friends group decided to cement it to the top of Spring Hill, which at 450ft above sea level was a fair bit higher than Pudding Hill. This did not prevent the boulder from going roly-poly again though. In May 1958, it was found at the bottom of Spring Hill having been chipped from its concrete base. Five men from the area were later arrested and fined £13 9s 2d each. The Birmingham Post and Gazette reported that they had, perhaps unsurprisingly, come up with the idea in the pub. "We only did it because it was a challenge and they said it could not be moved." Apparently it took them four hours."

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