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

Smoking ban... meeting place sought.

The smoking ban is due to start on 1st July 2007. The PCN is looking for somewhere private in Norwich where we can hold our meetings. If you can help out or know someone who might, then please contact Keith or John using this contact form.  2006-10-15

Smokers' petition (UK only).

If you are a smoker (UK only) and wish to petition the Prime Minister to cease the persecution of smokers and allow indoor smoking areas in private establishments then please sign at this link.  2006-11-30

Xmas Draw 2006

Keith selects the winners Reg Walker wins a prize Tony looks happy after winning another prize The ghosts of Christmas present Feeding time 2006-12-20

Cheese and Pickles 2006

Fed to repletion Another shot 2006-11-15

Darts 2006

Richard Adamek and John Elvin Reg Walker and Keith Coleman Tony Larner and John Betts are awestruck Reg, Don Warman and Tony John Elvin Len wins and receives a prize from the secretary. Keith Coleman was highest scorer 2006-11-01

Clay 2006

Club Annual 3gms Clay Contest The Rosary Tavern 20 September 2006 Erin Plug Ready Rubbed Contestant's choice of pipe 1 Reg Walker 64:15 2 Frank King Sr 62:22 3 Keith Garrard 56:20 4 John Betts 47:46 5 John Walker 43:10 6 Richard Adamek 41:49 7 Tony Larner 37:45 8 Len Ellis 32:45 9 John Eason 31:25 10 Frank King Jr 14:15 11 Walter Thompson 12:23

Annual Dinner

A most excellent meal was produced by Chris, the Rosary landlord. 2006-09-09

First Class Degree!!!

We're absolutely delighted to announce that PCN member Leon Pickering (pictured middle at the PCN Championship 2005) has been awarded a First Class Degree in English from Wadham College, Oxford University. link1 link2  Leon intends to pursue an academic career and we wish him all the very best for the future. 2006-07-05

The webmaster comments: "Personally, I think you can't beat a good, solid Red Brick Drinking Man's Degree." 2006-09-02

Tobacco sampling

Won by Tony Larner (pictured) who scored a remarkable 5/5 by correctly identifying all the selections in June's tobacco sampling competition. The selections included Clan and Gold Block... Tony must possess strange tastes and have had some unusual smoking experiences! We suspect that his olfactory senses have probably been enhanced as a result of his obvious myopia. 2006-06-22

60s music quiz

An entertaining quiz evening of early-60s popular music, presented by the Secretary, was won by James Oxley-Brennan with 22 correct answers out of a possible 29. Obviously signs of a misspent youth! Some PCN members did not do quite as well with the webmaster only getting 4 correct answers. A bit before my time. Well, that's my excuse! 2006-07-19

PCN Photo Gallery

Why not check out the new PCN Gallery?  2006-08-12

The Chap Olympics

A lit pipe is passed between teams of three along a gruelling 100-yard course at The Chap Olympics and more pictures  2006-07-13

Ban fireworks displays!

I have just seen a very nice fireworks display in Norwich but was horrified by the amount of smoke generated. There is very little wind this evening and some of the smoke drifted gently to the ground, mingling with the assembled populace. The health implications of this must be grave. Spectators exposed to this deadly miasma must have ingested many times the recommended yearly maximum dosage of a cocktail of noxious chemicals and have seriously impaired their health. All fireworks displays must be banned immediately in order to prevent exposure to this "death in the air"! 2006-07-15

3 grams competition

	Club Annual 3gms Briar Contest The Rosary Tavern 15 March 2006 Barney's Punchbowle Contestant's choice of pipe 1 Richard Adamek 64:20 2 Len Ellis 57:17 3 Walter Thompson 54:17 4 John Walker 54:04 5 Tony Larner 52:29 6 John Eason 37:45 7 Keith Coleman 36:10 8 George Doubleday 34:36 9 Frank King Snr 24:40 10 Frank King Jnr 24:15 11 Leon Pickering 12:05 12 John Elvin 12:00
Len Ellis (left), PCN chairman and this year's competition runner-up, presents a Parker pipe to Richard Adamek who won with a time of 1 hr 4 mins 20 sec smoking 3 grams of Punchbowle. Richard is a steam engine enthusiast and has constructed a steam vehicle, "The Dodman"

Reg Walker writes

The so-called 'No Smoking Day' seemed to have no impact in Norwich as far as I could see- I only knew about it when I read today's Guardian, which contained a picture of the Parliamentary Saint of Smoking (John Betts and I met him many years ago when we were invited to a House of Lords and Commons Smoking Club meeting in London). The biography is from a 1989 edition of Vacher's Biographical Guide- good to see he is still puffing. 2006-03-09

The Rosary Tavern

We hold our meetings at the Rosary Tavern, an interesting establishment that has been a pub since it was built in about 1850. You can read more about the history of the Rosary here

4 grams competition

	Club Annual 4gms Contest The Rosary Tavern 17 May 2006 Mick McQuaid Flake Contestant's choice of pipe 1 Richard Adamek 79:16 2 John Walker 70:09 3 John Betts 68:47 4 Tony Larner 57:48 5 John Eason 48:36 6 Reg Walker 43:50 7 Keith Garrard 45:20 8 Keith Coleman 33:12 9 John Elvin 26:55
A 4gms competition with no rules in particular was held on 17th May 2006. The tobacco was Mick McQuaid Flake. Here the winner, Richard Adamek (time 1hr 19mins), receives his prize of a Cadogan pipe from Reg Walker.

How to stop that annoying gurgling sound...

I have been trying out Philtpads and Dri-kule conical shaped steel pipe filters Filters available at Churchills  In one pipe I put just a Dri-kule conical shaped steel pipe filter and in the other a Dri-kule conical shaped steel pipe filter on top of a Philtpad. This experiment has been going for the last week or so using just one filter. Result: Seems like a good idea... a) there is no wasted tobacco as all the tobacco is consumed b) the smoke is drier c) there is no build-up of sludge in the bowl d) a lot less tobacco is used... each pipe used at least half a gram less tobacco... a saving in my case of about 4gm a day or 28gm per week... this represents a significant monetary saving over the course of a year. I recommend that you think about giving it a go!

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