HISTORY OF THE PIPE CLUB BOOK FOR SALE Published in December 2016, the Pipe Club of Norfolk book covers the first 40 years of the club. 54 black and white pages with 40 pictures illustrating various events in the club's history. This book represents a fascinating part of pipe smoking social history. The .pdf file copy costs only GBP £4.99 or USD $5.99 To obtain a .pdf copy, simply click on the following Paypal link and enter payment details: https://www.paypal.me/norfolkpipeclubbook  I shall email your .pdf copy as soon as I see your order. A few hard copies are available on Ebay: click here

Forthcoming events

All meetings Wednesday at 8pm unless otherwise stated.

PCN on HIGNFY

The PCN was featured on 'Have I Got News For You' - BBC1 - 14th October 2010. You can download the video here: Pipe Club of Norfolk on Have I Got News For You.mp4  More about PCN on HIGNFY here.

December: Xmas Draw and Cheese and Pickles

An outstanding evening superbly organised by the Secretary. It was especially nice to see Richard Adamek, John Eason, Reg Walker, Ben Conway, Toby Palmer and John Elvin who don't usually turn up to meetings.

Richard Adamek, Joe Morris, Tony Larner, John Betts, John Eason, Reg Walker Toby Palmer, Ben Conway, David Woollard-Kingston, John Elvin, David Bullock

November : Annual 3 grams clay

Annual 3 grams clay held at the Red Lion, Bishopsgate. Well done to David W-K for an excellent win!

Annual 3 grams clay Red Lion 22 November 2023 Brown Flake Contestant's choice of pipe 1 David Woollard-Kingston 25:30 2 John Betts 21:50 3 John Walker 16:25 4 David Bullock 10:30 5 Joe Morris 2:30

John presents the prize to David

October: Quiz

An excellent quiz by Mr Betts. Well done to Joe for winning. Hope he likes the bottle of Chateau Asda (no expense spared).

John, David, David, Tony and Joe Joe receives his prize from Chairman David

September : Annual 4 grams briar

Annual 4 grams briar held at the Red Lion, Bishopsgate. Well done to David W-K for an excellent win!

Annual 4 grams briar Red Lion 20 September 2023 Brown Flake Contestant's choice of pipe 1 David Woollard-Kingston 44:00 2 John Betts 37:50 3 David Bullock 32:25 4 Tony Larner 15:30 5 Joe Morris 1:30 6 John Walker 1:00

Tony presents the prize toDavid

August: Cancelled

August meeting was cancelled.

July: New Inn, Horning

Another pleasant summer's evening, this time at the New Inn, Horning.

David, Joe, John, David and Tony

June: Rising Sun, Coltishall

Making the best of the weather, we had a very pleasant evening at the Rising Sun, Coltishall.

John, Tony, David and David A family of swans

May: Cancelled

May meeting was cancelled.

April : Annual 3 grams briar

Annual 3 grams briar held at the Red Lion, Bishopsgate. Well done to John Betts for an excellent win!

Annual 3 grams briar Red Lion 19 April 2023 Louisiana Flake Contestant's choice of pipe 1 John Betts 44:00 2 David Woollard-Kingston 37:50 3 Tony Larner 32:25 4 David Bullock 15:30 5 John Walker 13:30

David, John, David and Tony David presents the prize to John

March: AGM

A small turnout at the AGM due to illness and work commitments. Very nice to see Len. The club is doing well and the financial situation and tobacco stocks are healthy.

Tony, David, John and Len

February: Quiz

An excellent evening's quiz won by John Betts.

John Betts wins a bottle of vino

January : No meeting due to work commitments

No meeting due to work commitments.

The National College of Smoking

The National College of Smoking

Rumpole uses the Common Law to defend the right to smoke

The Pipe Club of Norfolk 1973 to 2010 Miscellany

A Short History of the Club and its Activities

Amend the smoking ban

1945 Newsreel - Charatan factory

1945 Newsreel - Charatan factory

Taken from Pipeline magazine

Pipeline magazine ran from 1969 to 1978. It was published by the Pipe Club of Great Britain, 17-19 John Adam Street, London. Here are a few pieces scanned from it. Image intensive!

Pangbourne Pipe Club - 1940

Interesting Pathé newsreel of Pangbourne Pipe Club in 1940.

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