Yearly Archives: 2011
The Eternal Question – Why Smoke?
Many of you who regularly read my posts will know of my fascination with the history of pipe smoking. I have been fortunate once again to unearth an essay written…
The Pipe: Musings from a Bygone Era…
As many of you who read these articles will know by now we here at Carey’s Pipe & Tobacco Shop have a great interest in the history of pipes and…
Movember 2011
During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in the UK and around the world. The aim of this is to…
The Seasonality of Pipe Smoking…
While visiting the Inter-Tabac in Dortmund a few weeks ago we were privy to some very interesting discussions regarding the seasonal popularity of cigar smoking, and how this has changed…
Intertabak 2011, Dortmund
A COUPLE OF WEEKS ago two of us went over to the Intertabak in Dortmund, Germany to spend a day at the show catching up with some of our suppliers,…
Falcon Pipes
To me, Falcon pipes are (to coin a popular phrase) a bit like Marmite. You either love them or you don’t, there’s very little middle ground or sitting on the…
New Products Online Now!
As those familiar with Carey’s Pipe & Tobacco Shop will know we are constantly updating our offering both within the catalogue and online. It can be hardwork sometimes keeping up…
History of Tobacco & Pipe Smoking Part 2
“All along the sea routes … wherever they had trading posts, the Portuguese began the limited planting of tobacco. Before the end of the sixteenth century they had developed these…
