Places
12 places found.
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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)
Photos
647 photos found. Showing results 1 to 20.
Maps
70 maps found.
Books
1 books found. Showing results 1 to 1.
Memories
480 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
Almondsbury
I know the above scene well! I attended the Knole Park house - now sadly demolished - which was then a boarding school, St. Catherine's. One weekend we went on a day trip to the shore of the Severn.......fascinating place. Would ...Read more
A memory of Almondsbury in 1952 by
Early Memories
My birth on 30 Nov 1946 at 34 Oldberry Road, Burnt Oak, is where it all started for me, but my mother & her parents moved into the house when it was built for the LCC. She's 89 now, but recalls that she, as a 9-yr-old in 1928, ...Read more
A memory of Burnt Oak in 1946 by
Childhood Memories
My Granny & Papa lived in the shepherds house in Kettleholm. William and Margaret Morrison. I loved to go and visit them or sleep over. I have lots of memories playing there as a child, watching my Papa bowling, or my dad, ...Read more
A memory of Kettleholm by
My Childhood Years In Stebbing
My Grandparents, Harry and Hannah Young lived in the first cottage on the left as you enter the village. I spent most of my school holidays there with them and my Mother and I were evacuated to live with them during ...Read more
A memory of Stebbing in 1940 by
Paglesham History
Well no personal memory for me - but my family go back to the mid to late 18C and was landlord of the punch bowl, and oyster dredgermen to the 1960s. We have a massive collection of photos from this area at www.familyunited.co.uk.
A memory of Paglesham Churchend in 1900 by
Pwll Y Crochan Woods
My late father was born in Colwyn Bay and his father and some of his relatives resided in Grove Park. Every year my parents and my siblings had to visit the relatives, especially one we called Aunty Polly who I think was ...Read more
A memory of Colwyn Bay in 1947 by
Fishcross
I left Fishcross in September 1962. I was part of the MacKay clan way back when everyone knew everyone. I had a friend across from where I lived at 2 Alloa Road, her name was Catherine Logan. My brother Ken (Kye) had a pal Michael Finnan ...Read more
A memory of Fishcross in 1962 by
Days Gone By
My family arrived in Seaforth late in 1939 after we were shipped back from Gibraltar where my father was stationed with the Kings Regiment. Early memories of our house in Holly Grove are vague. My sister Maureen and I, along with ...Read more
A memory of Seaforth in 1940 by
Talke A Forgotten Village
As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more
A memory of Talke in 1959
Manchester Road
Born in Ryan Street. I remember walking all the way down Manchester Road to St Joseph's Infant School, which at that time was on Grafton Street and part of the Girls School, it seemed to take ages, we walked past all the pubs and ...Read more
A memory of Bradford in 1955
Captions
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Once there had been a bowling green near the town centre, commemorated by Bowling Green Road. When Charles Wicksteed opened the park, bowls and putting became popular with the people who lived nearby.
Once there had been a bowling green near the town centre, commemorated by Bowling Green Road. When Charles Wicksteed opened the park, bowls and putting became popular with the people who lived nearby.
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. Bowls was, for many years, regarded as a sport for older men, but it is now popular with both women and young men.
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.
The bowling green was an instant success. Bowling and golf were popular all along the Fylde Coast.
Among the facilities offered by the hotel were a quoits bed and bowling green. The problem was its proximity to the cliff edge.
A measure is being used to decide which of the bowls lies nearest to the jack.
From the elevated position of the bowling green there is a panoramic view overlooking Hirwaun, encompassing rural scenery and industry.
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. It is showing 'Jungle Jim' starring Johnny Weissmuller, ex-Tarzan, and features the yet-to-be-famous Superman actor, George Reeves.
The Bowl Inn, when Georges' Beers was still a family run brewery. Scottish Courage's Bristol brewery is said to be the largest in the UK now dedicated to the brewing of real ale.
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.
From the bowling green we can just see the High School and the houses on Fence Avenue through the trees on the right.
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.
The Sugar Bowl with its colourful decorations is seen from the opposite side of a narrow- looking Brighton Road.
Not far away, bowling greens and tennis courts were laid out, and a 600-seat theatre was built.
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.
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