George Cuthbertson (abt 1829–1912) and Jessie Wilson (abt 1829-1891) In the dark, George gripped the sleepers with both hands and pulled, and kept pulling until they gave. The Common Green at Stonehouse had always belonged to the people who lived around it, used for washing, for bleaching linen in the sun, for drying what had … Continue reading The Weaver Who Wouldn’t Back Down