Pendle Witches Tour – Sabden Legacy newcomers or children. However, Sabden has a particularly strong connection to this myth for a few key reasons. In the 1980s, a local resident named Bill Dewhurst created a tourist attraction and business based on the folklore, called Sabden Treacle Mines Ltd. He created and sold "treacle miner" dolls, attracting visitors from the UK and beyond. This venture further cemented the village's reputation. The association of Sabden with treacle mines is a well known piece of local folklore, but it's not based on any actual mining activity. The idea of treacle mining is a long standing British joke, often used to fool In the mid 1990s, the village became famous through a children's TV show called The Treacle People, which was set in the "treacle mines" of Sabden. The show helped popularize the legend and made Sabden a focal point for the fictional mines.
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