A “Moonraker” is now the offificial nickname for a native of the village. Similar stories and nicknames exist for the neighbouring villages of Golcar (“Lillies”), Marsden (“Cuckoos”)
and Linthwaite (“Leadboilers”).
An apocryphal story associated with Slaithwaite is that in the 19th century, when tenants came to
the village to pay their annual rent, The 5th Earl of Dartmouth would
provide ‘rent dinners’ and that the shoulder of mutton was the most favoured with the tables of hot roast beef, mutton and tongue (cooked together in the set pot) being available there at that time.
David Hirst of The Antiques Warehouse in the heart of Slaithwaite
On the 3rd and 4th September 1762, John France of Slaithwaite had a foot-race against time, for a considerable wager. He was allowed 28 hours to run 100 miles and won by only six minutes
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