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 at 8 pm on the third Wednesday of the month 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 at the Fat Cat, Nelson Street

A good turnout for the Xmas draw at the Fat Cat, Nelson Street.

November: Red Lion

An enjoyable social evening at the Red Lion.

New member Joe Morris, David Woollard-Kingston, Tony Larner and David Bullock

October: 3 grams clay

Annual clay competition evening at the Red Lion. Well done to Tony Larner! Nice to see new member Joe Morris at the competition. Annual clay 3 grams Red Lion October 2022 Parson's Pleasure Contestant's choice of pipe 1 Tony Larner 31:30 2 David Woollard-Kingston 26:40 3 John Walker 21:20 4 David Bullock 13:15 5 Joe Morris 10:35

David Woollard-Kingston and new member Joe Morris

Tony Larner receives his prize

September: 3 grams

A competition evening at the Red Lion. Well done to Tony Larner! Annual 3 grams Red Lion September 2022 Parson's Pleasure Contestant's choice of pipe 1 Tony Larner 35:45 2 John Betts 31:55 3 John Walker 19:50 4 David Bullock 17:55 5 David Woollard-Kingston 17:55

Tony receives his prize from David

David Bullock lights up

August : Red Lion

An enjoyable evening at the Red Lion.

July : Red Lion

An enjoyable evening at the Red Lion.

June : Turmeaus Pipe Event.

An enjoyable evening at Turmeaus Pipe Event, Great Yarmouth.

May: 4 grams

A competition evening at the Red Lion. Well done to John Betts! Annual 4 grams Red Lion May 2022 Parson's Pleasure Contestant's choice of pipe 1 John Betts 52:00 2 Tony Larner 43:30 3 David Woollard-Kingston 37:00 4 David Bullock 30:45 5 John Walker 17:30 John receives his prize from David

April : Turmeaus Norfolk Beginners Pipe Event.

An enjoyable evening at Turmeaus Norfolk Beginners Pipe Event, Great Yarmouth.

March : AGM

A good turnout for the AGM. Very nice to see Len, Ben and Toby who do not often make it to meetings. Charman David said that the club had survived the recent turmoil. Treasurer Tony said the club is in good shape financially. All officers were re-elected: Chairman: David Woollard-Kingston Secretary: John Walker Treasurer: Tony Larner Auditor: John Eason

Len, David and Ben David, Ben, Toby, John and Tony Ben, Toby, John, Tony and David Toby, Tony, David, David and John

February : Quiz

An excellent evening at the Red Lion, Bishopsgate for a quiz. A bottle of Cotes du Rhone, Chateau Aldi, 2020 (a particularly brutal year) was won by David Woollard-Kingston. We were delighted to welcome a new member in the form of David Bullock who was Norwich City Cryer for over 30 years. David is a fascinating character and a very welcome addition to the club.

David Bullock, John, Tony and David

January : No meeting due to illness.

No meeting due to illness.

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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