or rather wait until 1 April! This shop in Kehl (on the German side of the Rhine where Strasbourg is on the French side) was selling shishas and tobacco. I wonder what the “more” was? Did it have to do with the barred windows? In … Continue reading Buy Now
Smoking. It used to be glamorous but with a touch of the not-so-respectable about it. .
For a while the tobacco companies tried to flee this reputation but …
… it’s not so glamerous anymore.
Even the tobacco companies seem to have realised that it is just … gross.
they grew tobacco in this region. It’s not profitable anymore and when the last EU subsidies ceased in 2010, the last leaf was grown commercially. The large, airy sheds where the leaves were hung up to dry are still to be seen in the towns where the tobacco industry once flourished.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: The Old Shed
This is the “tobacco fountain” in Lorsch, Germany. Tobacco was cultivated in the area since the late 17th century; in 1949 2000 people worked in the tobacco industry (out of a population of 6000) but after the second world war it declined rapidly and the last factory closed in 1993. The fountain shows a worker threading tobacco leaves so they could be hung up to dry. Contrasting her busy work are a child and cat, both busy playing with marbles, while the modern day tourists in the background are busy relaxing.
This is for One Word Sunday, the word being – surprise! – busy. More contributions can be found here.
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