Dunhill Pipe Making- The Beginnings From The Smokers Pipeline 1987 Vol 4 Number Six

[snagstangl]

I cant seem to find this article anywhere else. Who wrote it and did the interviews seems to be lost to time.

 

[sablebrush52]

This is really fascinating information from eyewitness participants to the formation of Dunhill's pipemaking activities.

 

[greeneyes]

By a mere coincidence I happen to be reading Our Family Business (Mary Dunhill) and it seems to me that some passages from this article rather resemble some from the book. It seems in particular that some of the language regarding the 1919 fire is quite similar.

 

[terry292]

The Smokers Pipeline was the newsletter of the now defunct Pipe Collectors Club of America (PCCA) in the late 1980s, and possibly into the early 90s. The Old Virginia Tobacco Company (OVTC) of Merrifield, VA, sponsored the club. Robert C. Hamlin was Vice President of OVTC and editor of the newsletter. The PCCA offered tobacco, new and estate pipes by mail, and pipe and tobacco reviews and articles. Hamlin made frequent trips to England and brought back this article which he published. The original author is unknown. I have the newsletter in which the article appeared, and there is no indication of who actually wrote it. It was probably a collaborative effort and finally edited by a member of the Dunhill of London staff. Not much help, I know, but the best I can do at short notice.

 

[snagstangl]

I don't have any particular love for dunhill but I thought people would love the article.