AN historic stained glass window featuring Arkwright's 'Spinning Jenny' has been donated to Lancashire Museum by a Morecambe blind group.

The leaded window, thought to be well over 100 years old, chronicles the beginning of the industrial revolution and has been a permanent fixture at Morecambe Blind Centre in Balmoral Road.

It caught the attention of Lancashire Museum art curator, Stephen Sartin, who felt it should be on public display in Preston.

Last week Lancashire Double Glazing replaced the stained glass with a double-glazed unit and transported the work of art to its new home.

Development worker at Morecambe Blind Centre, Mr Tony Kimpton, said: "We are pleased to have co-operated with the museum service in this way. The window will now be in safe keeping and will be appreciated by far more people. As a token of appreciation, the museum has provided a new window fitted by Lancashire Double Glazing."

Mr Sartin said: "When I inspected the window some months ago I was keen for it to return to Preston, where Arkwright was born. The history behind the window is unknown and how an item like that found its way to Morecambe is a complete mystery."

The window is now on display at the Museum of Lancashire in Stanley Street, Preston.

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