Sign for the Virginia Ash, Henstridge Ash
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Sign for the Virginia Ash, Henstridge Ash
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 22 Jan 2008
The sign shows Sir Walter Raleigh, credited with the introduction of tobacco to England, puffing on a clay pipe. Behind him a waiter hovers with a bucket of water, perhaps believing that Sir Walter is on fire. The sign serves as a useful reminder that smoking must have seemed very strange to those who first saw it being done.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.979624
Longitude
-2.399366