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As well as the coffee tavern, the building provided clubrooms, a library and a bowling alley to distract the citizens from the Demon Drink.

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