Salt on the Solway In the post on the Floriston smugglers, I told how, in 1822, Revenue men confronted five presumed smugglers carrying packages they thought to be Scottish salt. But of course, extrac...Read More
If you have ever seen smuggling portrayed as a victimless crime, affecting only the coffers of the government, the Floriston smugglers are a reminder that such men were not adverse to using violence w...Read More
