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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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Way Back Then.
lived in margate from approx. 1945 to 1952. There was a pier with a life boat station halfway up.Took a trip on the lifeboat, public once year, and was really seasick. There was also the Pavilion, close by was a 'pillbox' a wartime concrete ...Read more
A memory of Margate
Walker From 46 To The 70's
I was born in Walker 1946 to be accurate. They were slums even though the women did their best to keep them clean and rodent free. I remember my mum doing the washing in the wash-house in the back yard, she had to start a ...Read more
A memory of Byker in 1959 by
Trealaw Park Meorys
I also went swimming in the ducks pond, played for the res and played bowls and tennis - and we use to go up on the swing and slide and put candle gresse on it to make it go faster. On the way home, we used to have a glass of milk in Seales Dairy on the bottom of the hill.
A memory of Trealaw in 1948 by
The Good And The Bad
Yes we were bad lads who went to Stanhope. The first words Mr Bowles said to me was "I tame lions and tigers just like you" then slapped me across the face. Remember that? As for the teachers: Glendenning Mctavish, Mellody ...Read more
A memory of Stanhope in 1957 by
Starting Work
I began my working life as a junior clerk at the Wood Green Branch of the National Provincial Bank in September 1949. my starting pay was £2.13.6d a week. In those days we used dip in pens and bank statements were typed on a typewriter, ...Read more
A memory of Wood Green
Myrtle Street
i was brought up in myrtle street all during the war ...i remember the Tivoli picture house, i well remember the life we lived ...so poor but a real community spirit...our doctor was Dr. Black, up Lapage St. we first went to Bowling Back ...Read more
A memory of Bradford
My Dads Memories
My father is from Horden, born 1928 November, had two step brothers. Johnson was my fathers name, Hill was his brother's, Singer he was and Naisbett was the other brother's name - all miners. My grandmother was a Johnson, my other ...Read more
A memory of Horden in 1920 by
My Chldhood Times
Hi, I was born and brought up in Dipton, I lived in Annfield Street with my dad, Tom Bell, and my nanna, Maria Bell. I went to St Patricks RC School and have good memories of my time there with a few of the teachers being nuns. My ...Read more
A memory of Dipton in 1956 by
Memories Of Eltham
As a child I lived with my parents in a prefab in Corelli Rd SE3. We used to walk through the Brook estate, passing more prefabs to reach the Coronet Cinema in Well Hall. On a Sunday we sometimes watched dad play bowls at the ...Read more
A memory of Eltham in 1955
Little Sutton 60s
Hi Paul Saxon here, we moved to Red Lion Lane in 1961. I went to Mill Lane school and my brother Craig McAteer went to Berwick Road school. Little Sutton was small as was Red Lion Lane. We lived right next to the bowling ...Read more
A memory of Little Sutton in 1860 by
Captions
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Once there had been a bowling green near the town centre, commemorated by Bowling Green Road.
Once there had been a bowling green near the town centre, commemorated by Bowling Green Road.
The Bowling Green 1906 The grass of this bowling green seems remarkably long compared with modern ones.
At 6.00pm on August Bank Holiday Monday 1908, Romilly Park Bowling Club's green opened for play.
The Concert Bowl Open-Air Theatre The Art Deco Concert Bowl is situated in a valley that was the former main quarry area.
It featured a paddling pool, tennis courts, a pitch and putt course and a bowling green, where Lord Stanley bowled the first wood.
This bowling green is close to the sea.
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.
Bowls has long been a popular game in Lancashire, and there is considerable rivalry between the many clubs of its towns, villages and pubs.
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.
From the elevated position of the bowling green there is a panoramic view overlooking Hirwaun, encompassing rural scenery and industry.
A measure is being used to decide which of the bowls lies nearest to the jack.
The bowling green was an instant success.
Among the facilities offered by the hotel were a quoits bed and bowling green.
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.
Looking across the bowling green, we can see the Publix Cinema.
The Bowl Inn, when Georges' Beers was still a family run brewery.
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
The Victorian poet Coventry Patmore lies buried in the churchyard, as is Caroline Bowles, the second wife of the Poet Laureate Robert Southey.
Not far away, bowling greens and tennis courts were laid out, and a 600-seat theatre was built.
The Sugar Bowl with its colourful decorations is seen from the opposite side of a narrow- looking Brighton Road.
was completed during the 16th century by Sir Richard Blount for his Catholic family, while further upstream is Hardwick House, a gabled Tudor mansion where Elizabeth I stayed and Charles I played bowls
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