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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