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Smoking and blowing bubbles with clay pipes.

Date 23 July 1961
Track ID 39891
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1961.82.A30

Original Tape ID

SA1961.082

Summary

Smoking and blowing bubbles with clay pipes.

Peter Pratt remembers when clay pipes were two a ha'penny. Children would dip them in soapy water and blow bubbles. He never smoked a clay pipe but the old men would buy 'TW' pipes and break them off to shorten the stem. They were called 'nose warmers' and were considered to be just right when blackened with nicotine.

Recording Location

County - Orkney

Parish - St Andrews and Deerness

Island - Orkney Mainland

Village/Place - Toab

Item Location

County - Orkney

Language

English, Scots

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good