Places
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- Bowling, Strathclyde
- Bowling, Yorkshire
- Bowling Green, Shropshire
- Bowling Green, Gloucestershire
- West Bowling, Yorkshire
- Bowling Alley, Hampshire
- Bowling Bank, Clwyd
- Bowling Green, Hampshire
- Bowling Green, West Midlands
- Bowling Green, Cornwall (near St Austell)
- Bowling Green, Hereford & Worcester
- Bowling Green, Cornwall (near Callington)
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Memories
472 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.
Dug Up By Vandals
It couldn't have been many years after this photo was taken that a number of holes were dug out of the bowling green by vandals. It caused much consternation locally, and the shadows of the holes where they'd been filled and ...Read more
A memory of Pontypool by
Early Years
We moved to Heywood House in 1947 and lived there for about 8 years before moving to a larger flat in Purser House. All children went to Brockwell Primary/Junior School where Miss Brown ruled the little ones and the wonderful Mr ...Read more
A memory of Tulse Hill
Growing Up In Great Horton
I grew up on Kingswood Terrace, Great Horton from 1942 - 1967 and have many memories of good times there. I enjoyed Scouting with the 3rd Bradford South Troop for many years at the old Bell School on Southfield Lane. I ...Read more
A memory of Bradford by
Growing Up
I went to a junior fellowship and then senior in St. Peter's rooms by the bowling green. Spent hours watching tennis at the courts in Leigh Rd. Haven't been back for many years, are they still there I wonder. Many happy memories of Hale village.
A memory of Hale by
Before They Put Numbers On The Years!
Gosh, I am so old, I remember the time that the trams (696 and 698) were changed for electric trolley buses of the same numbers. Does anyone but me remember the horse trough beside the clock tower?. before the war ...Read more
A memory of Bexleyheath by
60s A Time Of Change
I lived in Southall ( west ave ) until the company my father worked for ( Cramic Eng ) moved to Oxfordshire. I and my two brothers went to Tudor road primary where in my year we were joined by Surinda Pal one of the first Sikh ...Read more
A memory of Southall by
The Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl was a posh country club with an outdoor swimming pool, not as large as the Galleon. It Later became Il Pirata an Italian Restaurant.
A memory of Burgh Heath
Fun On The Broadway
I also have vivid memories of tolworth as I lived over the shops, waters the green grocers near the wimpy bar As a very young person I remember going to the nursery on the corner of fairmead. I remember playing in the fields ...Read more
A memory of Tolworth by
Parakeet
I remember those names only too well Robin. On Saturday nights we used to wait till Pam and Doug closed. We would help them clear up then go to Whitstable bowling alley all night and get a free breakfast in the morning. Also remember your ...Read more
A memory of Cliftonville by
Chime Cottage
We bought an old cottage, a semi-detached one, in Hildersham, then named Bermuda Cottage. We were not aware of the origins of the name, but the owner, an elderly lady owned a bald parrot, probably bald due to boredom as parrots are very ...Read more
A memory of Hildersham by
Captions
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Over-arm bowling arrived officially in 1864, and the first Test Match was played in Australia in 1877.
Over-arm bowling arrived officially in 1864, and the first Test Match was played in Australia in 1877.
The need for additional leisure facilities had long been recognised and an important move in this direction came with the opening of the Eat 'N' Bowl bowling alley in Huntingdon Street in August
The White Horse Hotel, right foreground, advertises its select bowling saloon.
The White Horse Hotel, right foreground, advertises its select bowling saloon.
This wooded area to the north of the town was laid out and intersected with walks in the latter half of the 19th century and remain today a pleasant, if steep walk to the northern rim of the bowl
The corner shop, here selling crockery, tin bowls and leather bags, is now Peter Briggs, a shoe shop, but it remains largely unchanged, even preserving the same windows we see here.
The corner shop, here selling crockery, tin bowls and leather bags, is now Peter Briggs, a shoe shop, but it remains largely unchanged, even preserving the same windows we see here.
The complete sign on the left, Tetley's Fine Ales, was fixed to the old Bowling Green Hotel; it marked the narrowest point on the London to Edinburgh Great North Road.
The Old Gang Mine, one of the oldest workings, is a few miles from here, and would have brought the miners to the warmth of the Punch Bowl Inn, which was built in 1638.
On the right the Westminster Bank has replaced Bowles the draper's (see 51156, p.27), Sketchley dry cleaners has replaced the fish shop, and the imposing Lloyds Bank stands next door.
Back in 1880 an orchard, stables, piggeries, a bowling green and two cottages surrounded the pub.
The corner shop, here selling crockery, tin bowls and leather bags, is now Peter Briggs, a shoe shop, but it remains largely unchanged, even preserving the same windows we see here.
The picture is from the terraced Tennis Grounds; by Victorian times these were the town's main exercise area, after bowling fell out of favour and golf courses had yet to be constructed.
The blacksmith's shop and the wheelwright's were next to each other, and the smith obliged with extras: 'blowers' to 'wuther up' the fire and iron hoops for the boys to bowl.
It dates from the 16th century, and was originally the Chequers and Punch Bowl.
Broth with dumplings cost one penny a bowl. We
Its original name was the Punch Bowl Inn; it was built in 1780 and designed by Sir John Soane (1753-1837), the distinguished architect and collector of Greek and Roman artefacts.
Sailor, circumnavigator, mayor, MP, bowls player, scourge of the Spanish – he crammed a lot into his 51 years.
The exciting Festival Leisure Park has a wide mix of attractions including a multiplex cinema, a huge ten pin bowling centre, an indoor tennis and fitness centre, nightclubs, family entertainment
A bowler-hatted gentleman contemplates this tranquil river scene looking towards the gracious arches of the viaduct that carries the railway to Effingham junction.
One of the huts of Blackdown Camp, with a group of soldiers and a bowler-hatted civilian.
An evocative picture of this attractive village some two miles north east of Wadhurst and now close to Bewl Bridge Reservoir.
Standing outside the village Post Office on the left, the bewiskered elderly man leaning on two sticks and wearing a bowler hat was probably a figure of some status in the village, where there were a
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