Local History: How Change in the Law Was a Fag for Cotswold Man ; Tobacco Was Economic Salvation for the Residents of Winchcombe
Birmingham Post › March 24, 2007
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It will not be long now before the ban on smoking in (English) enclosed places comes into force. Already there are concerns about the enforcement of the Act, and the use of undercover spies to check whether publicans and customers are obeying the law. But the battle lines on smoking were drawn up long before 2007.
Almost four centuries earlier tobacco became a bone of contention in the most unexpected of places.See the full content of this document
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Local History: How Change in the Law Was a Fag for Cotswold Man ; Tobacco Was Economic Salvation for the Residents of Winchcombe
The little town of Winchcombe in the Cotswolds is a place which seems to wear its history on its sleeve.
The weavers' cottages on High Street and the imposing wool church of St Peter's suggest a town that enjoyed an economic heyday in the late Middle Ages, slipped into peaceful agriculture, and then emerged as a comfort...See the full content of this document
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