2007
SD7422 : Whisky spinners of Haslingden Grane
taken 17 years ago, near to Haslingden Grane, Lancashire, England
Whisky spinners of Haslingden Grane
The history of this valley has many stories of moonshining with illicit distilling of whisky providing a welcome supplement to the income from the farm or the loom. The practice was so widespread that an excise officer was based in Haslingden from 1834-38.
One of the ruined farmhouses in Haslingden Grane was home to James Morris one of a whisky/spinning dynasty. In 1859 he was fined £230 with costs to avoid prison and the magistrate who handed out the sentence was Daniel Thwaite who became the brewing magnate of Blackburn.
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