Nanny Bean
Still waiting for my snuff movie!
On the anniversary of the Battle of Borodino,* 26th August, 1812 old style**
Carved from a single piece of oak, Napoleon, who was partial to a pinch of snuff, stood outside York tobacconists' shops in both Bridge Street and Lendal for 177 years. During World War II he was captured by drunken soldiers and thrown in the River Ouse where he floated downstream and was hauled out at Naburn Lock. He was even known to spend the night in police cells when the tobacconists forgot to take him in. Still indulging his habit in the Merchant Adventurers' Hall.
For six word story.
* From 1 March 1800 to 28 February 1900: 12 days difference between the Julian and Gregorian Calendars
**Battle of Borodino
After a bloody and inconclusive battle at Borodino, (30,000 French and 45,000 Russian casualties) Mikhail Kutuzov’s famous strategic retreat paved the way for Napoleon’s conquest of Moscow. But even as Napoleon enjoyed a well-earned pinch of snuff and toasted his triumph with a glass of vodka, Moscow was burning, Kutusov was plotting revenge and the Russian winter was approaching…
Still waiting for my snuff movie!
On the anniversary of the Battle of Borodino,* 26th August, 1812 old style**
Carved from a single piece of oak, Napoleon, who was partial to a pinch of snuff, stood outside York tobacconists' shops in both Bridge Street and Lendal for 177 years. During World War II he was captured by drunken soldiers and thrown in the River Ouse where he floated downstream and was hauled out at Naburn Lock. He was even known to spend the night in police cells when the tobacconists forgot to take him in. Still indulging his habit in the Merchant Adventurers' Hall.
For six word story.
* From 1 March 1800 to 28 February 1900: 12 days difference between the Julian and Gregorian Calendars
**Battle of Borodino
After a bloody and inconclusive battle at Borodino, (30,000 French and 45,000 Russian casualties) Mikhail Kutuzov’s famous strategic retreat paved the way for Napoleon’s conquest of Moscow. But even as Napoleon enjoyed a well-earned pinch of snuff and toasted his triumph with a glass of vodka, Moscow was burning, Kutusov was plotting revenge and the Russian winter was approaching…