World’s Oldest Cigar Seller: STORE CRAZY
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Take a look inside the world’s oldest cigar merchants - and one of the last remaining public places in the United Kingdom where people can still smoke inside. Cigar merchants James J. Fox, based in London’s upmarket Mayfair region first opened its doors in 1881 in Dublin, before moving to London in 1947. The tobacconist has received eight Royal Warrants over time, with the last being issued by the Queen Mother in 1997 and they still continue to supply cigars to the royal household.
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I met this owner at a pub nearby. We exchanged pleasantries and I purchased him a round or two. He then said he had a cigar store nearby and offered to show us it. We walked over and he showed us around and during the visit gave me several Cubans which were fantastic. A real gentleman and most generous.
I had a wooden pipe when i was 12 years old. A name is written on it and it was King Adward and also written year and i think it was 1785 or 1857 i dont remember exactly. My school teacher snatched it from me in class room and never teturn me. My grandfather gave me that pipe. I think i lost most precious thing.
@@waqarumer4291 Sounds like the white elephant in your life. I wouldn’t care bout it anymore
@@kreterakete what does that mean the white elephant in your life... please?
Thanks
Good bargain 🤣
Cure
"I smoke in moderation. Only one cigar at a time." - Mark Twain
"Its not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." - Samuel Clemens. Aka Mark Twain.
but dont worry, giving up smoking is easy... ive done it hundreds of times.
@@holymaryfullofshit3790 i do hope this reply gets likes its the best so far
Mark Twain also had half his face removed including his tongue and jaw due to throat and mouth cancer from his constant smoking. I enjoy cigars but Mark Twain is not the guy you want as your poster child.
@@sierra7534 who told you that non-sense?
“Welcome to our lovely humidor”
*Hacking cough in the background*
I scrolled comments to see that mentioned when I first heard it
that cough did not age well
😂😂😂
would be me inside that hotbox xD
It was actually the sudden rush of Oxygen that made the cellar dweller to cough. 😂
This is the type of guy you want to be when you grow old
I would rather smoke weed... whats the points of smoking tobacco? you cant take it to your lungs and it tastes bad
IC BM the point is tasting the endless complexity that a premium tobacco cigar can provide. I know, its hard to understand that you can consume a smokable only for its taste, not to get high or nicotine rushed. But yeah, its great after you get your taste buds trained.
I want to be the "Most Interesting Man In The World". My tears could cure cancer, if I cried.
Filipe of
IC BM what do you mean you can't take tobacco to your lungs? That's how you smoke cigarettes, all the tar you pull into your lungs is what's so terribly bad for you.
A nice cigarr tastes fantastic, and I don't see why you would want to breath smoke into your lungs. During combustion you will create hazardous substances. Doesn't matter if it's tobacco or weed. With that said I smoke more weed than I smoke tobacco.
I don't smoke, but I love going in tobacco shops for the aromas of unlit tobacco.
Heru- deshet if u ever wanted to try a cigar it's not dangerous it's not addictive just saying but yeah the aroma is so nice especially pipe tobacco
Ed
"It's not dangerous" Please provide some evidence for that.
He means like if you could manage to smoke once a month the side effects are not to be found.
No, thats a retarded comparison.
my grandpa was a first generation Cuban immigrant. me being his grandson I still remember sitting on his lap and smelling the thick pleasant smell of a cigar
Whistling Maniac no difference , tobacco smoke, cooking smoke, diesel smoke, fart gas. Non of it is toxic
hill billy
It is toxic to us, but it needs an accumulation for it to take effects, that's why smoking related studies are done with individuals who are exposed with longer periods of time.
Hyperbolic news made us had that mentality that being exposed to smoking is equivalent to cancer. So you are partly wrong.
I liked it, and the smell was pretty neat. That's the least fucked up thing my parents did to me.
Whistling Maniac me being Italian remember sitting on the legs of my grand god father and enjoy the music.of Sicily while they were beating someone with baseball bats.... ahhh good times..nothing better for a child to be exposed early to the way of making healthy efficient business...
Myb it was them smoking weed but you thought it was cigars
I'm always impressed by people who've seem to have found their place in life and are content with it.
Something I envy
“Pleasure in a thing of beauty is the essence of a happy life.” - Zino Davidoff
Same here I think that's the toughest thing in life but easy once you find it
This grandpa is a badass but also a gentlemen
He's not a badass, he's an old fart
@@rioeiokha9653 a badass old fart!😎. What's your beef?? He harm his own health. Non off your business.
*gentleman
@@JV-ll1cu You just had to do it, huh
@@rioeiokha9653 Lol just wait until you're his age and let's see what the young 'uns think of you
Kingsman is the first word that went through my head
Lol
Why tho
@@JoseMora-wc5zz have you watched the movie?
@@paulgosu2773 yes. I’m aware it has English class.
@@JoseMora-wc5zz then you just answered your own question
Why do people look badass smoking a cigar?
Fiona Cao no
AwesomeMan because you think large cylindrical shapes in men's mouth is bad ass. that's why. ur gay
Dizzy Considering that your the only one that thought of that it raises some questions.
AwesomeMan media
AwesomeMan it's true 😂 that guy is probably a grandad to several kids but say there with that cigar he looks like a Mafia boss
I am going to light up my $4 cigar and pretend I am sitting in Churchill chair and smoking $200 Cuban
Sounds like a good time man, I'm on a black and mild budget this week
tuzbubey you can get a decent cigar for 10-20 bucks
That's the right attitude!!!!
Ryan Gray lol. I feel that bro...trust me
My standy is a 4$ Villa Gonzales. Its a bundle packed nicaraguan stick and honestly it easily beats many more expensive sticks in terms of flavour and how much i enjoy t.
What a lovely man
He's a lovely bloke! Wealth of knowledge too.
"I shall be long pushing up daisies by then"
what does it mean?
@@jantzcarney8197 thanks man, i realized that's what it most likely meant. was just confirming. ty
@@TheVahaj means your 6 feet under in your coffin.
Your pushing up the daisys that are growing on the patch of grass above you!
@@familyread7889 ty
@@TheVahaj 👍🏼
Went to this place with a couple of friends in 2019! What a great place to hang out, look at all the options, history and a fine gentleman working there suggested great cigars for us. Going to be good visiting it again at some point!
Even though I don't plan to smoke anytime soon, I would still love to visit that place and hear about the history behind it
I don't visit this store to often because of the distance I live. However on the day when I go, when I wake up it's always feels like a world cup final day or even better filled with excitement and anticipation. What a privilege it must be to actually work there!
I love this comment. I know the exact feeling and I feel it less and less these days, to the point where it will be a totally unable to generate feeling because bricks'n'mortar stores are dying out and what's left will be crap and corporate ugliness with no heart, no soul. I don't think what you wrote about is spoken about and eulogised, explored and celebrated often enough: for a SHOP to inspire us not just to be happy about a specially planned pilgrimage, but to shine our shoes, shave well, do our hair and make sure we look 'worthy' and join in with the high standards we are presented with and respond to so enthuisastically. It's so wonderful to uplift people to be their best when dipping their toes into what they're grateful for and clearly NEED: a sophisticated 'world' with standards and expectations that pulls them out of an ugly, broken society and encourages them to smarten up and be their best behaviour and appearance. I love this. What an incredibly rare phenomenon. This tends to happen to me when I'm in Japan a great deal. Elegant cigar bars and high end teahouses; I show my deep reverence and appreciation by making a day of it and grooming myself to within an inch of my life. It's wonderful. I sleep well at night.
He had me at "It gets quite smokey." What a lad.
Ahhhhhh I went there when I was in London and never knew it was the oldest in the world! Very nice!
It is not. Shop in London opened in 1947. I know 100+ year old tobacco shops in The Netherlands. Even if you look at JJ Fox original shop in Dublin it's not the oldest. That shop opened in 1888. Hajenius in Amsterdam was founded in 1826.
@@ministryofcigars8222 Then there's Fribourg & Treyer which 1st opened in the 1790s.
@@prof.patrick5564 but they are no longer around.
@@ministryofcigars8222 well I think the shop and name still exist but in a more brand legacy capacity.
@@prof.patrick5564 the shop is no longer there according to Wiki (I had to use them as I never heard from the brand. But I was 8 years old when they went out of business so that's not too weird ;) )
cool shop .... he could certainly tell you plenty of stories , great share .. - i,ve added this place to my "places to visit" list .
jonny car when I was watching this, the only thing that I was thinkig into was the same
“One of the last places you can smoke inside” tell that to my flat and all the other flats around me 😂😂
I think it's clear that he was not talking about private residences. Or are brits not allowed to smoke inside their own homes?
topophil first off I’m Scottish not British, second it’s a joke and third it depends on what year your house or flat was built if it’s before a certain year(I’m not sure what year) then yes your aloud to smoke inside but after to help prevent fires related to smoking it will go against the agreements you have to sign and could get removed from the house or flat ur renting not sure about buying a house though I’d imagine it would be something similar
Paul Ross 😂😂😂😂 nope the Scots and English are very divided people you ask any Scottish person they tell you the same
@@aaronbaxter9935 Yes they are. But by all accounts you are technically British. Just like you're also technically European. He wasn't wrong for calling you a Brit.
@@aaronbaxter9935 it doesn't matter what you think, if you're Scottish, you're also British.
1:58 smoker's cough lmao
1:58 someone coughing 😂
What I liked most of the video is that classic decoration with those wooden furniture and warm brown details of the store and the fancy little boxes keeping the cigars in a good condition.
I don't smoke, but I find cigars and everything to do with them fascinating. Just watching some of these videos is relaxing.
First opened its doors in 1947. “They have hundreds of years of experience” damn didn’t know 74 years was hundreds of years.
Winston Churchill - "he was a customer of ours for 64 years"
"first opened its doors in 1947"
Churchill died in 1965
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The original James J Fox store opened its doors in Dublin in 1881. The Mayfair store opened its doors in 1947
@@mongoose621 Yes but everyone knows that when you move house you cast off your old life and start again with a fresh identity. Or maybe not, maybe that's just bad logic.
@@mrshankly213 maybe if you move house. But if you're opening an additional store, that logic doesn't apply. Surely you would want to continue the brand name and reputation to the next store?
@@mongoose621 Ah you missed the sarcasm of my post it seems.
Going to visit London this August, I will not miss this shop !
Opens the door, the first thing you hear is someone coughing lol
I love the cough at 1:57
*CIGARS AND COFFEE IN THE MORNING GOD DAMN WORLD BEST COMBINATION*
You're playing a dangerous game my friend
Hey just because the oldman at his age is still smoking doesnt mean its the same story for everybody.
Quit using the Lord's name in vain my guy
I've never smoked a cigar in the morning - any you'd recommend?
Aurum 666 he probably doesn’t have to drive far to work if he has time for morning cigars and cigars are not nearly as dangerous as cigarettes let alone automobiles
Hope the store still opens. I gotta go there to get some cigars , at least once in my life.
I've been in this shop, and have a pic in Churchill's chair. Actually just randomly went into the shop to buy a cigar, and found out the history. A great visit!
"One of the only places in the UK where people can still smoke inside"
Laughs in coffeeshop
They have those in the UK?
I thought smoking tobacco in coffee shops was illegal? Only the green stuff. That's what i heard anyway
@@Eralen00 You can't smoke either in the UK. That is what annoys me, this place you can smoke indoors where the rest of us in the UK can't. But I suppose for the rich and famous or the MP's, for we but not for thee.
He's old, he smokes
But most importantly he's stil alive like a lion.
I was there buying a lighter without even knowing the history
this was nice. thank you youtube recommends
I just received my cigars today fro you guys ty for a fast delivery and great packaging
i went to their Dublin store and it was smaller but amazing
I can only imagine the wonderful smell in there.
mmmm aged tobacco and LEATHER
I was there in 2019 and had no idea it was the oldest cigar shop! Definitely gonna view the pipe I bought there in a new way
Churchill lived into his 90's. George Burns was 100. Proof that cigars extend one's life.
I often wonder why a business doesn't have the right to be smoker friendly. If you're a non-smoker, just don't go to places where it's allowed.
Liability for the employees. If they get cancer from second hand smoke they'd have a good case against the business.
@@reeffeeder nowadays we have such good ventilation systems that someone next to you can smoke but you will barely smell it, let alone inhale any smoke. I understand that 10/20/30 years ago there was barely any ventilation and second hand smoke was a problem. But times have change, luckily.
Simple: smokers are a distinct ever decreasing minority, which, objectively, is a good thing. And I am a pipe smoker.
@@-----REDACTED----- I don't know if that is true for most countries, but I would hope so. I smoke cigarettes myself, way too many at that. I quit once, will probably do so again. I also once smoked pipes, that was much nicer.
Either way, it has just been a detriment to my well being for the most part, including the annoyance of not being allowed to smoke anywhere XD (Though Switzerland is awesome, in bars and malls, train stations and airports etc, they have ventilated indoor smoking areas which are very nice.)
In Japan and Korea they have ventilation systems for smokers - even in restaurants.
A good reason to visit Mayfair-London. After all there is a museum
My favorite go to place in London. I don't smoke but I usually drink a bongo when I'm sitting on that chair.
The 🎶 is 👍... good background music...
Welp, time to update my bucket list.
I’ve smoked here a few times, great place to go for a smoke, would recommend.
I'm not a smoker but if this old man offer me a cigar I'll do it out of his respect and dedication alone.
At 0:54. Those cigars were in the presence of Queen Victoria! So amazing.
Ppl smoked everywhere when I was young
and I'm glad that changed
@@hjubris Im not.You are probably a kid.
This brings back many memories of my childhood because I grew up seeing how my family made Puros all day at home.
#🇨🇺 #LandOfPuros👌 #LightingACohibaNow🤫
Cual es la diferencia entre Habanos y Puros?
Wow! Really? Did your family make cigars back then?
Not a everyday smoker, but I love to sit down a few times a year with a good cigar. Great way to slow down and just unwind.
Some newbie coughing his lungs up on his first inhale at 1:57
my mate has just gone to cuba i cant wait for him to get back
"Ay bruv you sneak any Cubans back?"
@@harrisonthecarguy3734 yeah he did bring back quite a few
@@Repcitykickz nice👌
I work right next door
THE REAL KING FRANCES that’s one more blessing in your life.( imagine someone in texas breathless just by looking at the inside of the shop and counting the coins in my piggy bank so to afford the trip to the UK)😞
I would be there at least one lunch hour per week. Very enjoyable way to spend an hour or two.
What a grand establishment, will endeavour to visit .
Sometimes. A. Seegar. Is only. A. Seegar. But. Sometimes. A Seegar. Is an Excellent. SMOKE. !
Cigar Heaven!
Naturally the same aristocrats who banned smoking in public places set aside an exception here for themselves.
KiloByte Sorry but it's liberal douchebags that want to control our freedoms not aristocrats that probably have far more interesting things to be doing.
Aristocrats??? Im a truck driver...i go in there at least once a year to smoke/buy....
hahaha
The aristocrats would love to have the smoking ban lifted, its the liberals that wanted to ban smoking on public. Just look at all the members club in central London, most members are what you called as “aristocrats”, all the smoking room are now non-smoking rooms.
It's a smoking lounge inside a tobacco shop, seems perfectly normal to me. It's good that they banned inside smoking but allow places like this for diehard tobacco fans.
Nothing like a good cigar___love it__ may the shop go from strength to strength
Wonderful, elegant and so very civilised.
I fondly remember sitting in that shop on my 18th birthday, taking a seat in Churchill’s chair then retreating upstairs for a wonderful Romeo y Julieta short Churchill.... what fond memories
"One of the only places in the UK where people can still smoke inside"
Laughs in turkish coffeeshop
cigars and cigarettes are not even comparable...
A Turkish coffee shop is my happy place.
I love the smell of cigars when its being smoke. My father use to smoke it and i love that smell.
Cool shop. I love places with history.
Cigars are so damn cool. What a shame that they're so unhealthy, otherwise I'd smoke like a chimney.
Not unhealthy at all, in fact shown to prevent or slow down Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. Like everything good in life, it must be consumed in moderation. Don't confuse cigars with cigarettes, as they don't even have real tobacco in them. It's all paper and chemicals
@@kb26inla +1
Bruh get yourself some cigars and live a little
Cigarettes are unhealthy. Not Cigars.
They're not as bad as cigarettes. You don't inhale. Your mouth and throat take a hit, but then again, you smoke once a week or even less. I am willing to take that remaining risk for the pleasure I get.
But do they got vape juice
Justin Best Poor attempt at a homophobic slur, Must try harder. C-
Justin Best You're a smart individual
Corey Williams I vape
Corey Williams shut up Cory Hart go wear your sunglasses at night.
smoking is one of the best masculine pleasures
this is like Vape shop but for old people
My dad and grand dad smoked cigars or pipe. The aroma of cigar and some pipe tobacco is fantastic. I smoked cigarettes for some years but gave up.
The statements "First opened its doors in 1947" and "Churchill was a customer of ours for some 64 years" don't quite work together
I thought the same thing..I think maybe was 1847
definitely, if Oscar Wilde was a customer
I came here for this
This is from the video description
Cigar merchants James J. Fox, based in London’s upmarket Mayfair region first opened its doors in 1881 in Dublin, before moving to London in 1947.
I don't why this is recommended but one cigar please.
A visit to James J Fox just found its way onto my bucket list.
Imagine if the place burned down, Passerby can just snort for free
When you smoke a big fat cigar at least wear a suit :D
I heard UK has high cigar prices but those are like double to Germany
That's true. It;s because of the tobacco tax. In the UK, there's a tax per weight and then VAT. In Germany it's a small percentage of the value.
@@ministryofcigars8222 Yeah the prices here in blighty are insance, hence why I've started buying from the US.
@@puressenceuk35 Try living in Singapore or worse, New Zealand and Australia. Worse than the UK
@@ministryofcigars8222 sounds like a nightmare
I’ll never smoke another commercial cigarette, but quality? I’ll dabble.
Great cigar shop! Girlfriend took me as a surprise Went in while it was quiet and he took me downstairs and let me sit in the chair! Absolutely wonderful shop was such an awesome experience
How can Oscar Wilde be a customer when the shop opened in 1947?
Frozen Fox dont argue
The shop first opened its doors in 1881 in Dublin, before moving to London in 1947.
opened in 1947 and oscar wilde was a customer, okay then
They were located in Dublin for 66 years prior to their move to London in 1947.
Actually their history goes back to the 1700s. www.jjfox.co.uk/heritage
Great video
New discovery thank you
1:58 cough cough cough nice timing
Well, He look healthy morethan some vegan.
Being vegan doesn't mean you're healthy
I think the fact Churchill was such a long time customer makes this place more interesting than the fact you are the oldest cigar shop - amazing when shops have such history...
Was hoping to visit next week, but a fractured ankle put a stop to to the visit to the Uk from Australia for a while. I will visit eventually though.
did anyone notice the guy in the pink suit, the color of his teeth? holy crap.
thats what you get when you smoke and don't take enough care of your teeth
My daddy
I wish I had one of these around where I live. All windy mountainous terrain with no cover😆👍
Very interesting video 👍
Nothing like darkly stained brown teeth to charm the ladies with! Definitely an old guy's hobby when you just don't give a crap anymore haha!
All those guys who work behind the counter are between 25 and 35 years old. Its just a side effect of working in a cigar shop...
I regularly frequent their original shop here in Dublin, Ireland for cigars which is there since the late 1880's
Do you really ? Revenue will be paying you a visit .
@@anthonydowling3356 why on earth would revenue pay me a visit for buying cigars. seriously pal. no logic in your statement
@@looneyirish007 Because you have money to burn .joke ,joke lol
I would love to visit this fine cigar lounge.
Asian girlfriend with a Monte Cristo in one hand Appleton reserved rum in the other hand. Purple and red sunset off a Philippine beach....
Someone once asked me when i knew she was the one.
Do they got swishers???
evolkuf hellafornia 😂I'm sure they got reallllyyy high end swishers
Mitchal Maines I need one lol
😂😂I need copenhagen
They probably have some drew estate cigars which are the people that own swishers
In San Francisco they got swishers.
thank you
imagine if those walls could talk man
maybe the oldest is Hanjenius in Amsterdam
with Van Vreumingen in Gouda as a close second
J Fox is 30 years older
@@lethaltarget9798 Fox opened his first shop in 1881. Hajenius already had a shop.
169 soy boys voted this down
Ugh, you must be one of those chicks who smokes them. Oh well, let's see how well that turns out for you.
Lol..
@@miloesalazar nah, she probably doesn't date pussies
@@miloesalazar found a soyboy.
why are you trying to slur people by associating them with samurai's?, one of the easily most badass people in eggistance
Pollution more dangerous than smoking
What a great place