 George and his wife Margaret had fifteen children following their marriage in 1882, and members of the Arrowsmith family continue to live in Spital Tongues today.The former Arrowsmith shop has remained in continual retail use, and is now one of only a handful of shops in the village.It represents a sharp decline from the Co-operative store and 27 other retailers that Spital Tongues boasted in the 1920s.