Marcus Jones

Part of the family that has owned and run the business over the last 30 years, Marcus has been involved since the early 1980s learning the ropes, mostly packing catalogues and inputting orders! His role for the last six years and going forward is as a Director, responsible for the general running of the business now and in the future.

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Unique Pipes, Part 2

In this latest edition in our showcase of unique and unusual pipes we feature a 100 yr old meerschaum lady looking very good for her age!

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April 2012 Email Newsletter…

Hot on the heals of our first Blog published newsletter, here’s the latest… It’s been another busy few weeks at Carey’s Pipe & Tobacco Shop, with no sign of things slowing down…

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March 2012 Email Newsletter

As our social media presence increases and the general content on our website grows we are aware that we will have many visitors who may not purchase products and therefore…

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Unique Pipes, Part 1

Following the recent release of our film ‘Is there a future in pipe smoking?’ we have had a number of requests to look at some of the unusual and unique…

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Behind the scenes at EA Carey…

PIPES ON FILM Many of our regular customers will have seen the film made about us by The Daily Telegraph Business Club, which was produced to coincide with the launch…

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On a trip to Buckingham Palace…

It’s not every day that you receive an invite to Buckingham Palace!  Alas, the Queen hadn’t come knocking to inform us that by some incredible twist of fate we were…

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Carey’s Makes It To The Pole! (Kind of…)

  This is the image that we were waiting for… Mark Langridge and his Scott Team mates Vic (left) and Kev (centre) proudly standing at the South Pole, pipes in…

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Scott of the Antarctic: 100 years on

A century after the explorer lost his race to the Pole, what is the legacy of a pioneering Briton whose failings were more than matched by his epic vision? By David…

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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 in the…

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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…

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