Recent content by Dave O

Hi, Well, what I wonder about is the kind of mixture the poor Major was smoking at the time. I hope it was good. There are many, many articles about pipe smoking in The Times from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. There are lots of articles about efforts to grow tobacco in England. Others...

Apologies if I am posting this in the wrong place; this general forum seemed like the best fit. I was scanning pipe-related pieces from the Times of London and came across the following mishap that I thought I would share with you. The major's trousers must have been absolutely blazing by the...

It's become my favorite, so much so that for the last year I've been having trouble smoking anything else. It's not that I've grown tired of my other mixtures (all good friends and comrades), it's just that whenever I reach for any of the others that I like or want to try, I often black out, and...