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Forthcoming events

All meetings at 8pm at the Fat Cat pub, 49 West End Street, unless otherwise stated. 21 November - Cheese and pickles 19 December - Xmas draw

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

Good turnout for the Xmas draw which had some very nice prizes on offer.

Tony, Reg, Ben, Toby, Dave, John

November : Annual cheese and pickles

Excellent turnout for the cheese and pickles evening. Lovely to see our old friends Dave Polhill and Richard Neville who had made the long and arduous journey from somewhere south of the Thames.

Dave, Richard, Tony, Ben, Toby, David, John, Dominic

October : Annual 3 grams clay

Annual 3 grams clay kindly hosted by Turmeaus at Rollesby. Many thanks to James of Turmeaus for staying up late. As usual, David Woollard-Kingston won. In other news: Len Ellis, John Elvin and Reg Walker have been made Honourary Members of the Pipe Club of Norfolk in recognition of their long service to the club.

Annual 3 grams clay Turmeaus, Rollesby 17 October 2018 Davidoff Danish Contestant's choice of pipe 1 David Woollard-Kingston 44:20 2 Tony Larner 42:45 3 John Walker 40:35 4 John Betts 33:50

David and Tony chat with James Tony Larner presents the prize to David

September : Quiz at the Fat Cat

Well done to Len for winning one of the secretary's diabolical quizzes.

Answering the questions

August : Davidoff tobacco sampling at Turmeaus

Off to Rollesby for a Davidoff tobacco sampling at Turmeaus. Many thanks to Davidoff for their generosity The picture shows John Betts, John Elvin, David Woollard-Kingston and Tony Larner with Andrew Francis, the Davidoff rep.

At Turmeaus

July : Social evening

A very pleasant social evening at the Cat and Canary.

June : Field trip and birthday

Many thanks to Dominic Summers and Colin Howey for taking us on a very interesting tour of the Assembly House and its cellars. Followed by a pint at the Coach and Horses in Bethel Street. June also saw us celebrating Len Ellis's 90th birthday. Well done to Len living so long!

Assembly House group Assembly House cellar Assembly House cellar At the Coach and Horses Len's 90th birthday party

May : Annual 3 grams

Annual 3 grams kindly hosted by Turmeaus at Rollesby. As usual, David Woollard-Kingston won.

Annual 3 grams Turmeaus, Rollesby 16 May 2018 Davidoff English Mixture Contestant's choice of pipe 1 David Woollard-Kingston 55:07 2 John Betts 40:00 3 John Eason 39:00 4 John Walker 38:00 5 Tony Larner 37:30

Turmeau's Facebook page Tony Larner presents the prize

April : Social evening

A very pleasant social evening.

March : AGM

The AGM was held at the Fat Cat. Chairman Larner gave a short review of the previous year's activities and the secretary went into more detail. The chairman / acting treasurer reported that the club funds are in sound order. The officers were elected with Tony Larner standing down to take over as treasurer. Club officers: Chairman: David Woollard-Kingston Secretary: John Walker Treasurer: Tony Larner Auditor: John Eason

Tony passes the gavel to David

February : Quiz evening

We spent a cold February evening playing a very interesting picture quiz designed by the secretary. The winner, Len, won a very nice bottle of Prosecco.

Len wins a bottle of Prosecco

January : Social evening

A very pleasant social evening. After deciding on the meetings for the first part of the year, the members decided to leave serious discussion until the AGM.

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

Please sign the petition

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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