Here's the story I heard.
I'm not saying that this is a fact, it is more than likely an Urban legend, but I would be interested in knowing if any of you have heard anything different to this, or even if you can confirm this to be true? By using the contact box, the top right of the blog.
A mill chimney in Shaw was being demolished and it attracted a large crowd of 'Shawites', as they were then known.
A group of tinkers, spotting an opportunity, went round with a tin and said that the charge for watching was sixpence.
After collecting a large amount of sixpences, they scarpered to the pub in Royton where they couldn't resist telling everyone what had happened.
The Roytoners were delighted to taunt their old enemy for paying to GAWP at what should have been free and the name 'Shaw Gawpies' came about...which later became "Shaw Gawbies"
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