Notice the wooden flooring –
when the house was still
privately-owned this room was
built as a bowling alley and the
floor was specially laid as the
bowling lane.
Notice the wooden flooring –
when the house was still
privately-owned this room was
built as a bowling alley and the
floor was specially laid as the
bowling lane.
In 1949, the question of having a bowling green in the Public Gardens was raised with the Urban District Council, but it felt that it was not the right moment.
The earliest mention of a church in Sandy is in the institution rolls of Bishop Hugh of Wells (c1214), and the font bowl in the south aisle is thought to date from Saxon times.
Below Plymouth Hoe, where legend tells us that Sir Francis Drake played that famous game of bowls, is a promenade for strolling or lounging on deckchairs.
One hundred feet above sea level, and with commanding views of the Sound and the English Channel, the Hoe is
where Sir Francis Drake is reputed to have played his famous game of bowls while waiting for
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