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crossroads

Lurker
Jan 6, 2018
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South of England
Jack Hargreaves’s lived in the same part of the country as I did growing up and I saw him out and about, but I didn’t know him, one of my teachers was a friend of his. He was not unlike Jack, he smoked a pipe during lessons, sat on the edge of his desk and told us of his experiences, sailing and life in the countryside before we were born.
 
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Jun 9, 2018
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England
Hello From England

I’ve read this forum for a few years with great interest.

I’ve smoked a pipe on and off for forty seven years. I live in the rural South of England, but when I was a young man I lived in Soho London where my local tobacconist was Freibourg & Treyer, established in 1720 at The Haymarket near Piccadilly Circus. The shop smelled of snuff and fine tobacco, wooden creaky floorboards and the front stone step was worn in the middle by the foot fall of three centuries of happy customers .Nearby was a rail to tie your horse and a stone step to assist in mounting your ride.

For most of my life I’ve lived in rural England and in the seventies my job entailed patrolling the countryside at night , I enjoyed many short summer nights where the countryside came alive with wildlife and I had my pipe and always a pocket radio playing quietly for company. The joy of solitude and a good bowl of tobacco and the feeling of freedom driving down empty lanes and quiet country estates .Well now I have a pipe in my garden, or out in the countryside I do some bird watching.

I have a couple of Petersons, I smoke Irish Flake, Royal Yacht and Petersons Flake. I’ve always been into playing music, folk in the sixties, rock and blues band back in the day, but now I play in an acoustic group. The people are nice, like pipe smokers, not too many aggressive ukulele players around!

Peaceful piping to you all.
Must have been cool living in Soho back in the day. I read Jeffrey Bernard's book "Low Life" and he absolutely loved the place, especially the pubs.
 
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PipeIT

Lifer
Nov 14, 2020
5,165
30,594
Hawaii
Well gee, I thought life in Hawaii was slow, it took you 4 years later after joining to introduce yourself... LOL 😆

Welcome from Hawaii! 🏝 ☀️ 🥥

Aloha! 🤙
 

sparker69

Part of the Furniture Now
Feb 25, 2022
794
4,937
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Welcome from Montreal, Canada! I have some
Hello From England

I’ve read this forum for a few years with great interest.

I’ve smoked a pipe on and off for forty seven years. I live in the rural South of England, but when I was a young man I lived in Soho London where my local tobacconist was Freibourg & Treyer, established in 1720 at The Haymarket near Piccadilly Circus. The shop smelled of snuff and fine tobacco, wooden creaky floorboards and the front stone step was worn in the middle by the foot fall of three centuries of happy customers .Nearby was a rail to tie your horse and a stone step to assist in mounting your ride.

For most of my life I’ve lived in rural England and in the seventies my job entailed patrolling the countryside at night , I enjoyed many short summer nights where the countryside came alive with wildlife and I had my pipe and always a pocket radio playing quietly for company. The joy of solitude and a good bowl of tobacco and the feeling of freedom driving down empty lanes and quiet country estates .Well now I have a pipe in my garden, or out in the countryside I do some bird watching.

I have a couple of Petersons, I smoke Irish Flake, Royal Yacht and Petersons Flake. I’ve always been into playing music, folk in the sixties, rock and blues band back in the day, but now I play in an acoustic group. The people are nice, like pipe smokers, not too many aggressive ukulele players around!

Peaceful piping to you all.
Welcome from Montreal, Canada! I have my first Peterson coming in the mail and have been enjoying a tin of Vanner's Mixture from Freibourg & Treyer. Interested in trying some of their other Virginia flakes. Speaking of which - how do you find the Petersons Flake?
As to blues and folk - my kinds of music: into John Martyn's stuff from the 70s, got to see Richard Thompson. Was introducing a friend to Rory Gallagher last night.
 
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TravB

Starting to Get Obsessed
Jun 6, 2022
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Texas
Hello From England

I’ve read this forum for a few years with great interest.

I’ve smoked a pipe on and off for forty seven years. I live in the rural South of England, but when I was a young man I lived in Soho London where my local tobacconist was Freibourg & Treyer, established in 1720 at The Haymarket near Piccadilly Circus. The shop smelled of snuff and fine tobacco, wooden creaky floorboards and the front stone step was worn in the middle by the foot fall of three centuries of happy customers .Nearby was a rail to tie your horse and a stone step to assist in mounting your ride.

For most of my life I’ve lived in rural England and in the seventies my job entailed patrolling the countryside at night , I enjoyed many short summer nights where the countryside came alive with wildlife and I had my pipe and always a pocket radio playing quietly for company. The joy of solitude and a good bowl of tobacco and the feeling of freedom driving down empty lanes and quiet country estates .Well now I have a pipe in my garden, or out in the countryside I do some bird watching.

I have a couple of Petersons, I smoke Irish Flake, Royal Yacht and Petersons Flake. I’ve always been into playing music, folk in the sixties, rock and blues band back in the day, but now I play in an acoustic group. The people are nice, like pipe smokers, not too many aggressive ukulele players around!

Peaceful piping to you all.
Happy Piping!
 

crossroads

Lurker
Jan 6, 2018
22
59
South of England
Welcome from Montreal, Canada! I have some

Welcome from Montreal, Canada! I have my first Peterson coming in the mail and have been enjoying a tin of Vanner's Mixture from Freibourg & Treyer. Interested in trying some of their other Virginia flakes. Speaking of which - how do you find the Petersons Flake?
As to blues and folk - my kinds of music: into John Martyn's stuff from the 70s, got to see Richard Thompson. Was introducing a friend to Rory Gallagher last night.
Hi Sparker69, the Petersons Virginia Flake is medium in taste and strength, used to be called Light Flake, it burns easily and smells great.
 
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