There were plenty of pubs for visitors to choose from. Newchurch was home to both the Lamb Inn and the Friendly Inn – the former directly opposite Witches Galore, whose original owners Donald and Winnifred Foster made souvenir witches from 1959.
Until the new Pendle Inn was built in 1930, it was located the terraces of Pendle Row: known originally as the Weavers’ Arms. Roughlee’s Bay Horse Inn was also popular with the Boating Lake crowds.
But the Temperance Movement in Lancashire was nationally significant. Originating in Preston in 1832, Joseph Livesey and six others founded teetotalism – total abstinence from alcohol to address widespread poverty and social decay linked to excessive drinking.
Temperance bars and alternatives to pubs became common, including a hotel at Thorneyholme Hall. Fitzpatrick’s in Rawtenstall is the last original example.
