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A photograph of the inn sign at the famous Air Balloon at Birdlip, Gloucestershire. The pub's name commemorates the famous balloon flight of Edward Jenner which ended close to the building on September 2nd 1784. The hydrogen balloon was launched from Berkeley Castle. A year after the Paris sensation caused by the Montgolfier brothers, it was one of the earliest balloon flights in England. The pub was trading as the Balloon by 1796 and was known as the Air Balloon in 1802. Born in Berkeley on May 17th 1749, Jenner, of course, went on to discover the vaccination against smallpox.
Date: 18th August 2009 Source: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX150

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