Quit smoking course would have Sir Walter spinning in his grave
A 17th century pub close to where Sir Walter Raleigh is reported to have smoked his first pipe of tobacco is to launch a stop smoking course for its customers.
The Longs Arms in South Wraxall, close to South Wraxall Manor, where tobacco was smoked for the first time, will run the course next month, with landlady Jacqui Price and chef Dan Hinds among the first to sign up.
The course, which has 20 more places, will be run by Tessa Kirby and will involve hypnosis and mind training techniques.
Smoker Mrs Price, who has run the Wadworth-owned pub for the past four years with her husband Bob, said: “It’s ironic that we are running a stop smoking course at a place that is so closely associated with the start of smoking in this country.
“But whatever the history of the pub, it’s certain that Sir Walter didn’t forsee the far reaching consequences of that first puff.”
South Wraxall Manor is where Sir Walter is reputed to have been doused with water by a maid who thought he was on fire as he sampled tobacco for the first time.
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