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Welcome To The Smoke Room

History of Public Houses shows the Smoke Room is quite a separate and distinct room from the parlour, tap room, saloon, vault or bar. Back in the day Smoke Rooms were to be found in more upmarket pubs incorporating a refined surroundings more than in the public bar, in some old pubs this was the forerunner of the lounge, in many pubs they were also a men only room.

Warning Smoking Can Be Bad For Your Health. Here we look at smoking and smoking habits from the past and some modern ones like e-smoking commonly know as vaping.

Do you remember when not only was smoking permitted in public houses but also they sold cigarette and tobacco products, but in many pubs there were cigarette machines and they were very expensive.

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While sitting in the pub with your favourite drink and puffing away on your favourite smoke you would be forgiven for not smoking, because back in the day, it was everywhere and especially from the TV to the Big Screen.

Leonardo Dicaprio in Django Unchained

Shockingly even today Leonardo Dicaprio is seen smoking a Churchwarden Pipe in Django Unchained.

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Mrs Slocombe says, "not in front of my pussy, that's rude".

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Yes; and at one time too you could buy hand rolling tobacco in pubs as well.

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Here is a couple of old BBC news items despite trying to help with emancipation of women and smoking a pipe they are still quite sexist and certainly chauvinist.


*  Women Pipe Smokers Of The 1960's  *


*  Lady Pipe Smokers 1969  *

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