Pipe Smoker of the Year

Pipe Smoker of the Year was an award given out annually by the British Pipesmokers' Council, to honour a famous pipe-smoking individual. Initiated in 1965 as Pipeman of the Year by the Briar Pipe Trade Association, it was presented at a lunch in London's Savoy Hotel each January. The award was discontinued in 2004 because its organisers feared it fell foul of laws banning all advertising and promotion of tobacco.^[1]

The award was reintroduced in 2014, by the UK Federation of Pipe Clubs, at the British Pipe Smoking Championship at Newark Showground. In a departure from previous awards the recipient was not a celebrity, but the outgoing President of the UK Federation of Pipe Clubs Brian Mills, in recognition for his personal contribution in recommencing the British Pipe Smoking Championships.Template:Fix/category^{[citation needed]}

Pipe Smokers of the Year

1964 – Rupert Davies
1965 – Harold Wilson
1966 – Andrew Cruickshank
1967 – Warren Mitchell^{[lower-roman 1]}
1968 – Peter Cushing
1969 – Jack Hargreaves
1970 – Eric Morecambe
1971/72^{[lower-roman 2]} – Lord Shinwell
1973 – Frank Muir
1974 – Fred Trueman
1975 – Campbell Adamson
1976 – Harold Wilson (Pipeman of the Decade)
1977 – Brian Barnes^[2]
1978 – Magnus Magnusson
1979 – J. B. Priestley
1980 – Edward Fox^{[lower-roman 3]}
1981 – James Galway
1982 – Dave Lee Travis
1983 – Patrick Moore
1984 – Henry Cooper
1985 – Jimmy Greaves
1986 – David Bryant
1987 – Barry Norman
1988 – Ian Botham
1989 – Jeremy Brett
1990 – Laurence Marks
1991 – John Harvey-Jones
1992 – Tony Benn
1993 – Rod Hull
1994 – Ranulph Fiennes
1995 – Jethro
1996 – Colin Davis
1997 – Malcolm Bradbury
1998 – Willie John McBride
1999 – Trevor Baylis
2000 – Joss Ackland
2001 – Russ Abbot
2002 – Richard Dunhill^[3]
2003 – Stephen Fry
2004 - Tim Sykes

Notes

↑ Warren Mitchell did not accept his award, calling it "silly". "I smoke a pipe; I also use a lavatory brush. By the same token you could make me 'lavatory brush man of the year.'" The Guardian 13 January 1968
↑ Until 1972 the award was made for the pipe smoker of the previous year; from 1973 onwards it was for the forthcoming year. Manny Shinwell, who held the award throughout 1972, was subsequently listed as the "1971/1972" winner.
↑ Edward Fox accepted his award but declined the prize of three pipes and a quantity of his favourite tobacco and asked for the cash value, about £100, to be sent to help Cambodian refugees. The Times 25 January 1980

References

↑ Thompson, Jonathan (18 January 2004). "Annual pipe-smoker award is extinguished". The Independent. Independent News and Media. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
↑ "Interview: Brian Barnes". Retrieved 23 June 2017.
↑ "And the Pipe Smoker of the Year for 2003 is..." BBC News. 17 January 2002. Retrieved 7 October 2009.

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[Y67-2] Warren Mitchell did not accept his award, calling it "silly". "I smoke a pipe; I also use a lavatory brush. By the same token you could make me 'lavatory brush man of the year.'" The Guardian 13 January 1968

[Y72-3] Until 1972 the award was made for the pipe smoker of the previous year; from 1973 onwards it was for the forthcoming year. Manny Shinwell, who held the award throughout 1972, was subsequently listed as the "1971/1972" winner.

[Y80-5] Edward Fox accepted his award but declined the prize of three pipes and a quantity of his favourite tobacco and asked for the cash value, about £100, to be sent to help Cambodian refugees. The Times 25 January 1980

[indo-1] Thompson, Jonathan (18 January 2004). "Annual pipe-smoker award is extinguished". The Independent. Independent News and Media. Retrieved 7 October 2009.

[4] "Interview: Brian Barnes". Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[bbc-6] "And the Pipe Smoker of the Year for 2003 is..." BBC News. 17 January 2002. Retrieved 7 October 2009.

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