A Miscellany of Pub Game Images - Pt.2

Since the restoration of the building in the mid 90's, The Tobie Norris in Stamford has quickly established itself as a must-visit for pub goers when in the area. The interior has been lovingly refurbished, and consists of a number of highly distinctive rooms in a truly historic building. The pub has also has gained quite a reputation for its beer range and food, particularly the pizzas. What it perhaps doesn't have a reputation for...

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Table Skittles - The Leicester Game

The cut, thrust, and high quality barracking of a league Table Skittles match at Birstall, Leicestershire. Videos c/o the Leicester Table Skittles website: http://www.tableskittles.co.uk/...

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The Queen Adelaide, Kingsthorpe, Northampton

There is little doubt that most pub games are not nearly as popular as they would have been in the days when pubs themselves were enjoying a peak of popularity. The decline of traditional pub games has been attributed to many factors, but it's perhaps the current decline in pub going itself, and particularly the community locals where these games have traditionally thrived, which is the main reason that fewer...

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Devil Amongst The Tailors

I've featured a few Devil Amongst The Tailors tables on here already, though to be honest they've all been fairly insubstantial affairs, more toy than game. The table shown here is a modern, full size one, and as such a delight to play. It's also located in a very good pub, the Jolly Brewer in Stamford, which is also home to a team in the local Pushpenny League as well as the usual Pool, Darts, Cards and Dominoes.It's only when you get...

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Geddington, Northamptonshire

The front bar at the White Hart is where you'll find the Darts Board (right), along with a number of trophies and shields to indicate past glories. The pub also hosts regular Poker nights, a game which has become more popular since the 2005 Gambling Act relaxed restrictions on the playing of the game in pubs for low stakes. Padded green baize table toppers are available for the game in the lounge.The historic Star Inn is perhaps best...

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A Miscellany of Pub Game Images

Detail of the leatherwork on the Skittles Tableat the Cherry Tree, Little BowdenThe Darts Board at the Queens Head, Sutton BassettThe tidy Pétanque Piste and scoring boards at The Old Plough, Braunston-in-RutlandDarts Board at The Old Plough, Braunston-in-RutlandA Rings Board. You'll probably need to visit Ireland, or Ventnor on the Isle of Wight to see this pub game being playedThe Market Harborough Conservative Club Bowls Lawn'The...

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Dog & Gun, Walton, Leicestershire

In common with most traditional pub games, Table Skittles is a very simple game at heart. Three Cheeses, nine Pins, a maximum score of 27. That's it really. But Table Skittles, as played in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, and a few surrounding counties, is not a national game with a standardised set of rules, which is where it gets a bit more complicated.In Leicester, the pins and cheeses (and possibly the tables) are...

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Red Lion, Kegworth, Leicestershire

Wonderfully traditional in appearance, the Red Lion is a multi-roomed Georgian village pub, and noted ale house featuring a wide range of real ales. In common with many genuine 'locals' pubs, traditional games feature strongly. These include Dominoes and Cribbage, as well as league Darts, and Pétanque in the Summer months. There is also a seperate Skittle Alley/Function Room, though sadly this is now rarely...

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The Talbot Inn, Gretton, Northamptonshire

Skittles Tables are still fairly common in the pubs and clubs of Northamptonshire, somewhat less so in Leicestershire as far as I can tell. If the game itself isn't played as regularly as it once was, and sometimes not at all at league level, then at least the tables are for the most part still in situ, available for casual play, and ready for a league revival should enough players show interest.Certainly there...

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