Gawith & Hoggarth Acquires A Famous Brick and Mortar As Its Flagship Shop

[Mike N]

From Instagram:

Gawith Hoggarth & Co are excited to share that Airey’s of Kendal is now officially part of the Gawith group.

This move helps ensure the store continues to thrive right here in the local community—while becoming a flagship location for our brand.

 

[fireground_piper]

Love to see it.

 

[Brendan]

Great news, glad to see any sort of growth or expansion, given how hard it is to thrive in the tobacco industry nowadays.

 

[Auxsender]

Congratulations @gawithhoggarth !
Here’s to a bright, lucrative future!

 

[larryspencer]

Great news for Gawithhoggarth &co., and the hobby. Well done.

 

[SBC]

Following some upsetting and damaging acquisitions in the last year, this finally is an acquisition that we can get behind. Congratulations to all involved. Glad to see some good news out of England this time.

 

[Waning Embers]

I give it a few years. England's attempt to be tobacco free by 2030 may come into play.

 

[bootlegpipes]

Thanks for the news updates, Mike!

 

[mingc]

Now we'll have a place to go to when we visit Kendal!

 

[Meerschaum Maestro]

Fantastic! Now they just need to get back to making baccy

 

[JoburgB2]

I give it a few years. England's attempt to be tobacco free by 2030 may come into play.

Sad, but potentially true. I was fortunate to enjoy a few blends from this shop, a couple of decades ago. Best wishes!

 

[jaingorenard]

Now we'll have a place to go to when we visit Kendal!

Airey's was always worth a visit anyway, but this is good news - however long it will last. I hope Peter (who used to run Airey's) is still in good health and will enjoy retirement (if he has retired!).

 

[SourShank]

Well deserved. A rare win for the pipe world.

 

[jpberg]

Fantastic! Now they just need to get back to making baccy

Did they stop? Do tell.

 

[Strike Anywhere]

Great news thanks for sharing!

 

[Sobrbiker]

Did they stop? Do tell.

Some folks just like to whine about the limited amounts they can put out (yet usually detest and decry the large factory style producers in the same breath).

Glad to see any expansion of folks that continue to produce tobac in today’s market!

 

[elvishrunes]

Fantastic! Now they just need to get back to making baccy

It is true after long periods of full availability of most blends there seems to be less on Smokingpipes for months now without a big resupply, more like the old days. However, there’s still a decent quantity of great smoke from them, just maybe not your favourite or rare…. Also, there are other pipe stores and other countries so who knows there.

My Local B and M had 5 blends recently I was surprised to see, including Full Virginia and 1792, and at a pretty decent price too!

 

[gawithhoggarth]

Fantastic! Now they just need to get back to making baccy

Damn, knew we were forgetting to do something each day - kept saying to all the lads and lasses.....I know you are here to make something, just can't remember what it is we are meant to do today

 

[Brendan]

Let em have the weekend to decompress @gawithhoggarth - they can start fresh on Monday, ready to start a new week

I was wondering if that 3rd paragraph from the instagram post was really necessary... sadly it is.

 

[gawithhoggarth]

I was wondering if that 3rd paragraph from the instagram post was really necessary... sadly it is.

The same text was sent to all our retail customers to assure them that business will continue as normal for them with deliveries from the factory to their shops.