Pipe smoking

My dad used to smoke a pipe. He was a farmer and once checking the sheep next to the town park he saw a man waving, how friendly he thought….until he realised his jacket was on fire! He had put his pipe in his pocket to deal with a sheep!

My brother hankered after a Peterson’s Meerschaum bent! 😁

Just the smell now would take me back to my childhood and happy days

There were so many varieties of pipe. You could get clay pipes, the curled Sherlock Holmes types, straight ones, ornamental pipes, and the corn cob type from America. They were quite interesting to see in tobacconists windows.

My dad always smoked a pipe.

His favoured tobacco was Erinmore mixture.

Much nicer smell than St Bruno, which other pipe smokers used.

I can still visualise the tobacconists shop where Mum bought the tobacco.

Lovely smell, and they had walking sticks for sale in the corner.

A bygone age.

Terrible health wise, I know, but oh, lovely memories of childhood.

I watched the old version of Tinker Tailor and one of the characters smoked a pipe another chain smoked and it was quite shocking. Thank goodness the cigarette smoking has died out to an extent.
I loved the smell of Clan pipe tobacco, but don't miss the rest of the pipe smoking palaver. DH smoked cigarettes, then a pipe then small cigars. All lead to his debilitating emphysema.

My Dad used to smoke a pipe, lovely aroma. But no, I don’t know anyone now who smokes one.
DP has always only smoked cigars, small to medium size ones rather than Churchillian type ones.They smell nice too.

Yes, my BIL does. He’s a wannabe old fogey though, with tweed jackets, windowpane checked shirts and corduroy trousers too.

That's an interesting point. I cannot remember seeing anyone smoke a pipe since the 1980s, except on TV or in a film. It was a young fella in his twenties who smoked one. I've no idea if he kept up the habit.

Perhaps someone should make vapes in the shape of a pipe and start a trend.

My husband still smokes a pipe. Been doing it for over 60 years.