Ripon: The 'Hornblower Tavern'
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Ripon: The 'Hornblower Tavern'
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 16 May 2010
This public house is named for the Ripon Hornblower, who, in a tradition which still continues in present times, emerges each evening at Curfew time, and blows his horn to remind all God-fearing citizens that they should be indoors. Of course, this rule is not enforced in modern times.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.136601
Longitude
-1.523967