Ye Olde Tobacconist Shoppe, The Way Things Once Were (image heavy)

[misterlowercase]

I've been fascinated with finding images of old UK tobacconist shops, the windowdressing is unbelievably beautiful and provokes eye-popping awe, sadly, many of the shots are too far away to get a good close gaze, but you can still make out just how grand they once were.
I finally found the perfect example of a very well-dressed window, it was in Northern Ireland and it was full of Gallaher showmatter.

This display is jawdroppingly awesome!

Likewise, this Australian dressed-window would surely stop any pipeman in his tracks as he was walking down the street!

An example of showmatter that manufacturers offered the merchant, in this case, that of Barling:

Here's an old Woolworths window:

Random Rathbone as Sherlock pic with prominent Peterson's baccypot on display:

And now off for a stroll down the old High Streets to see what we see.

 

[pstlpkr]

Thanks for posting those Misterlowercase.

I thoroughly enjoyed those photos.
Also, I added a couple tags to help with searches in the future.

I think this one will be around a long time, and resurface in the future.

Excellent post!

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[northernneil]

Very Cool!!!
Thanks for sharing

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Great photos. Thanks for sharing. It's a shame you don't see shops like that anymore.

 

[brian64]

Wonderful pics...thank you for those. Sad to think all of that is nearly extinct these days.

 

[4dotsasieni]

That first photo reminds me of when I lived in New York in the late 1950's - early '60's. There was a tobacconist off Madison Square (I think it was on 23rd street) with a window chock-full of pipes, tobaccos, accessories, etc. and there would always be a crowd on the sidewalk trying to take in the huge variety of stock. Good times!
Thanks for posting.

 

[petes03]

Wow! I wish shops still looked like that! Thanks for posting!

 

[bluesmk]

Great pics as usual, thank you. Oh I long for a time such as that. Heaven maybe.

Dan

Gabrieli Pipes

 

[agnosticpipe]

Thanks for posting those wonderful photos! I remember my dad taking me into stores that looked like that, only not tobacco shops. (he didn't smoke) But I always loved the feel of the places. There seemed to be some pride in the job they were doing, and care in displaying their goods. I'm sure there are some stores like this somewhere today, but I'll bet they're far a few between. Nice trip down memory lane.

 

[sjb3]

What a wonderful blast from the past! Thanks misterlowercase.

 

[irish]

Very cool . Thanks for posting Misterlowercase.

 

[numbersix]

Another excellent post ML, thanks for taking the time. To me, these photos represent the true Golden Age of pipe smoking. Imagine window shopping and seeing all those pipes displayed in a window. Sadly, those days are, for the most part, long gone.

 

[kanaia]

You are the best misterlowercase. Thanks

 

[kashmir]

Ah, its like I died an' went to heaven!

A Christmas feast for the eyes! Fit for a king!

What I wouldn't give to stroll down Jermyn St. with a few healthy bob in me pocketes.

I do live in the past. But what a good past it is. Thanks for the majik MrLC.

 

[piperl12]

Wow, just wow thanks so much for that. I really enjoyed taking the time to wander down a memory lane I never lived through but wish I had.

 

[klause]

Troy, are you going to collect together all the amazing things you discover and put them into an archive?
The amount of amazing information and history you have uncovered and presented to us is simply astounding. You have given a whole new dimension to our pipe smoking.
Thank you, and, keep up the sterling work!

 

[pylorns]

Man that's awesome. I love the old window displays as well.

 

[mrjerke]

So very cool. Wish I had been around to experience this. Absolutely fantastic.

 

[7ach]

Great photos. I particularly like the first one with the servicemen window shopping.

 

[natibo]

Scattered pictures,

Of the smiles we left behind

Smiles we gave to one another

For the way we were

Can it be that it was all so simple then?

Or has time re-written every line?