Pipe smoking

My Grandad smoked a pipe all his life and lived into his 80s. 'Where's m'baccy' was a frequent question?

My dad didn't smoke a pipe but other people I knew did.
My uncle and father-in-law for example.
Neither of them went to pubs - though I did think my father-in-law might have liked it if he hadn't been so anti them!
He lived in a village with what might now be called a "charming" pub. We used to like it when we "escaped" for an hour!

NotSpaghetti

Allira, like Musicgirl, not a single one of the pipe-smokers I've ever known were were pub-goers.

I'm not sure where this came from.

Well, my Dad would stop for half a pint on Saturday lunchtime after he'd been to the market and bought some treats for us all. Oranges, bananas etc.
I remembering him coming home with a paper bag full of mushrooms - that was a treat but now they're in every supermarket.

SORES

My memory is that where there was pipe tobacco/smoking there were invariably mint imperials.

When my maternal grandfather gave up smoking, he turned to mint imperials and, later, extra strong mints. There was always a minty smell on his breath and we would often see his mouth chomping away when he thought no one was watching. He was always a plump man but ballooned even more. His perfect rôle came after retirement - Father Christmas at the church playgroup. He was a lovely man and l was very lucky to have him as my grandfather until l was in my early thirties.

Allira, like Musicgirl, not a single one of the pipe-smokers I've ever known were were pub-goers.

I'm not sure where this came from.

My memory is that where there was pipe tobacco/smoking there were invariably mint imperials.

Allira, my grandfathers were certainly not pub visitors; especially my maternal grandfather, who was a very respectable non-conformist churchgoer. My paternal grandfather was an Anglican. I’m glad your father had good teeth, which was fairly uncommon then. These days, most of us can expect to keep most of our teeth for life, although mine needed considerable orthodontic treatment and are still not particularly straight and even, unlike your father, but, thankfully are mostly strong.

I used to love the smell of pipe tobacco smoke!
My DF smoked a pipe for years - a Christmas present the 4 of us used to buy him as children - when we had enough money - was a tin of Pope’s Escudo tobacco.

Plus a have a superb photo of him - pipe in mouth! - taken while he was on watch on his N Atlantic convoy RN ship during WW2. Apparently it was taken by an American photographer who was ‘embedded’ with them, as they saying goes now.

My paternal grandad was a pipe smoker he died a horrible death from throat cancer

Musicgirl

Silvertwigs

I’ve recently seen a skull of a pipe smoker, oh my oh my, a great big bulge and teeth misshapen where the pipe would rest/be sucked. All these things in mouths!! 🥱🥱

I don’t know about misshapen teeth for my grandfathers as both of them sported full dentures from an early age, which was the case for many people, if not the majority in their generation.

My Dad still had his own, straight, teeth until he died in his mid-eighties.
He had given up his pipe years before but must have been smoking it when he was younger, so quite a few years.
And no, I don't think he frequented the vaults of pubs or play dominoes (unless he played them with me!).

Silvertwigs

I’ve recently seen a skull of a pipe smoker, oh my oh my, a great big bulge and teeth misshapen where the pipe would rest/be sucked. All these things in mouths!! 🥱🥱

I don’t know about misshapen teeth for my grandfathers as both of them sported full dentures from an early age, which was the case for many people, if not the majority in their generation.

Not seen anybody smoke a Pipe since the Sixties. Favourite habit of old men who used to sit in the Vault of pubs, play Dominoes and smoke
St Bruno pipe tobacco.

I found pipe smoke to have a unpleasant smell and it made me cough. Had an Uncle who smoked and l had to go outside when he was around.

I think Pipe Smoking fell out of fashion for a few reasons. Firstly because of the rigmarole surrounding cleaning the pipe etc

Secondly, Pipe Smoking began to be associated with Mouth and Lip Cancer. Don't know how true this was.

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BoggledMind

That's an interesting point. I cannot remember seeing anyone smoke a pipe since the 1980s, except on TV or in a film. It was a young fella in his twenties who smoked one. I've no idea if he kept up the habit.

Perhaps someone should make vapes in the shape of a pipe and start a trend.

Excellent idea. You could start a new trend.

My darling late husband smoked a pipe from his twenties up until his death three years ago ..never in the house , he used to sit outside when the weather was nice or in the garden room if it was wet. I put his favourite pipe and a pouch of his favourite Clan tobacco in his coffin with him when he was cremated 🥰

Both my grandfathers smoked a pipe as did my late father in law, but I haven't seen anyone smoking one for years. Unhealthy, but happy memories.

Silvertwigs

I’ve recently seen a skull of a pipe smoker, oh my oh my, a great big bulge and teeth misshapen where the pipe would rest/be sucked. All these things in mouths!! 🥱🥱

I expect the teeth were misshapen before then, from when they formed or perhaps a baby thumbsucker?

My DH's teeth were never misshapen like that.

My neighbour smokes a pipe, although he'll be the last person I know when he dies.

I had a bf I the 80s who smoked a pipe, he was 18.

DH smoked a pipe (outside in the car port, banned in the house). He collected them, had many valuable ones along with basic ones. DDs have taken some of the collectors' items, I have some on display in pipe racks in DH's memory. What to do now with an extensive - a very, very extensive - collection of pipes? A nightmare!!

I’ve recently seen a skull of a pipe smoker, oh my oh my, a great big bulge and teeth misshapen where the pipe would rest/be sucked. All these things in mouths!! 🥱🥱

EliseC465

They do make pipe vapes
www.petershampipes.co.uk/

Thanks for the info, I have never seen anything like these.

I don't smoke or vape but interesting to see all the same.

My stepfather used to smoke a pipe and I hated the smell, especially first thing in the morning. I used to have my breakfast toast sitting on the laundry basket in the bathroom. He would often fall asleep with it in is mouth and most of his shirts were full of tiny burn holes. I thought it was vile and I’m very pleased that it’s mostly become a thing of the past. However I still keep my pins in one of his old tobacco tins. He was a sweet man and I don’t think he ever knew how I loathed his pipe.

They do make pipe vapes
www.petershampipes.co.uk/

My great grandma used to smoke a clay pipe.

travelsafar

This is the type of thing I mean.😊

Oh yes I had one of those!

My father was a wireless operator on Sunderland flying boats during the war. They were encouraged to smoke a pipe to keep their fingers warm for sending morse code and were the only air crew permitted to smoke while airborne.