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Floss Mill
About 1850 when shipping activity up the Trent was very great, smuggling was not unknown, the owner of the mill built himself a house on Front St, and he constructed a secret passage to the mill, as sloops by 1840 could sail up the Humber with out passing customs untill they reached Gainsborough, many a keg of Brandy was landed at Morton mill.the route was up the passage, through the house to the old maltkins ,to the Sailor Boy Inn, and a lot of other people,,at the time of this photo it was a laundry.
Floss Mill
About 1850 when shipping activity up the Trent was very great, smuggling was not unknown, the owner of the mill built himself a house on Front St, and he constructed a secret passage to the mill, as sloops by 1840 could sail up the Humber with out passing customs untill they reached Gainsborough, many a keg of Brandy was landed at Morton mill.the route was up the passage, through the house to the old maltkins ,to the Sailor Boy Inn, and a lot of other people,,at the time of this photo it was a laundry.