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The first umbrella user in England had to put up with insults and pelted trash

Although we find the use of umbrellas as an everyday fact when it is raining, in mid 18th century in England they were unknown rare gadgets coming from France and reserved for the noblewomen of that country to protect themselves from the sun. However, an unconventional English traveler named Jonas Hanway was the responsible to […]