Accrington, Oswaldtwistle & District — 1939
LOCAL MAN TURNS HIS ATTENTION TO GIN
**JIMMY’S STILL INTRODUCES
GIN SPINNERS**
“Spirit of the Mills” promises a rather different taste of Lancashire
Residents of Oswaldtwistle who believed Jimmy’s activities with a whisky still represented the full extent of his ambitions may wish to reconsider.
There is, apparently, gin now.
Precisely when this development occurred remains uncertain.
Jimmy isn’t saying.
Neither, for that matter, is anybody who has apparently tried it.
But bottles bearing the rather handsome name GIN SPINNERS — SPIRIT OF THE MILLS have begun appearing in circumstances which our reporter can only describe as suspiciously convivial.
FROM MILL TOWN TO BOTTLE
Jimmy maintains that a proper Lancashire gin should have something of Lancashire about it.
Juniper naturally provides the foundation, but his latest creation is said to take its inspiration from the moorland, mill towns and wild edges surrounding Oswaldtwistle.
Exactly what has gone into it remains a closely guarded secret.
When questioned, Jimmy offered the following explanation:
“There’s juniper in it.”
Asked what else:
“Other things.”
The Herald considers this investigation to be progressing slowly.
THE SPINNERS MARK
Each bottle carries the distinctive Spinners Mark No. 11, derived from the bobbins once familiar to generations of Lancashire cotton workers.
It is accompanied by three words:
SPIRIT OF THE MILLS
For Jimmy, the connection appears obvious.
The mills made the town.
The spinners worked them.
And when the hooter finally sounded at the end of the week, somebody was inevitably going to require a drink.
QUESTIONS AT EWBank’s
Rumours that certain botanical ingredients have been discovered growing suspiciously close to Ewbank’s Mill have been firmly dismissed.
Mostly by Jimmy.
A gentleman leaving the premises on Tuesday evening told our reporter:
“I’ve never heard of Gin Spinners.”
He was carrying a bottle of it at the time.
HOW SHOULD IT BE SERVED?
On this subject Jimmy becomes unexpectedly particular.
A generous measure.
Plenty of ice.
Good tonic water.
A piece of lemon if available.
And absolutely no unnecessary decoration.
When asked about the increasingly fashionable habit of placing assorted fruit and vegetation into gin glasses, Jimmy looked concerned.
“It’s a drink, not a window box.”
The matter appears settled.
WORKING SPIRIT.
SPIRIT OF THE MILLS.
Gin Spinners joins Whisky Spinners — Working Spirit beneath the increasingly familiar No. 11 Spinners Mark.
Whether Jimmy intends to stop at two spirits remains unknown.
Those acquainted with Jimmy seem doubtful.
Those acquainted with his still seem considerably more doubtful.
THE HERALD VERDICT
**“LANCASHIRE HAS ALWAYS HAD PLENTY OF SPIRIT.
JIMMY HAS SIMPLY PUT SOME IN A BOTTLE.”**
FROM THE WORLD OF MIND THE TRAMS
Jimmy’s Still — Gin Spinners — Spirit of the Mills
Inspired by the characters, places and stories of Gabriel Undici’s Mind The Trams.
FICTIONAL PRODUCT — NOT FOR SALE
Gin Spinners, Jimmy’s Still and the product depicted in this feature are fictional creations from the world of Mind The Trams. No alcoholic drink is being offered or advertised for sale.
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