This short film has been produced by Dean Wright as a lasting record of the soon to be demolished Saffron Lane Working Mens Club in Leicester. Note the Leicester Skittles Table at 52 seconds, and the four Billiards Tables. It's doubtful whether there will be room for all of these should plans for a smaller rebuilt club come to fruition in 20...
Friday, 28 December 2012
Thursday, 27 December 2012
My previous post featured the excellent Skittle Alley in the basement of The Embankment, a real rarity now in Nottingham, and almost certainly the closest available for play to the city centre. However, the main focus of games play at this venue can be found in the spacious 'Billiards Room' on the ground floor, equipped with four full-size tables for Snooker, and comfortable raised banquette seating for viewing play. The game of Billiards is not...
Sunday, 23 December 2012
Of all the sizeable towns and cities in the Midlands region, it's perhaps Nottingham which is regarded as the one with the most vibrant and diverse nightlife. The pubs and bars which support this thriving social scene are an excellent mix of old and new, where cool modern bars rub shoulders with the genuine heritage of old favourites such as the Bell Inn, Trip To Jerusalem, and the cosy Peacock on Mansfield Road.Despite this undoubtedly healthy mix,...
Sunday, 16 December 2012
Is this the cosiest Skittles Table in Northamptonshire This table is located in the refurbished bar of the Hare & Hounds, Great Addington in Northamptonshire. The pub fields both 'A' and 'B' teams in the local Wellingborough & District League.Shuv Billiards anyone? This unusual variation on the traditional pub game of Shove Ha'penny is apparently based on a Billiards table. It's a very weighty piece of slate, and scoring presumably entails...
Thursday, 13 December 2012
The Palmerston Arms has long been a favourite with beer enthusiasts. Ostensibly a Batemans Brewery pub, the 'Palmy' also offers a wide range of guest beers from other small brewers, usually over a dozen to choose from, all drawn straight from the cask.But this is no one-dimensional 'real ale' pub, it's a true community local with a licensee who works hard to attract customers from near and far. In addition to the impressive beer range are regular...
Sunday, 9 December 2012
Now here's a thing you don't see very often these days. I wonder at which 'Star' this Shove Ha'penny Shield was played for. Perhaps the Star Inn, Bath which is well known for having an old wall mounted slate in the bar. Perhaps not though, as this was found in a junk shop near the Lincolnshire coastline.Before the advent of widespread commercial production, most if not all Shove Ha'penny Boards would have been home made, or at the very least locally...
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Is this the most unusually sited Skittles Table in Northamptonshire?The tell-tale curve of the ceiling tells us that this fine old table resides in an old railway carriage, located on a short section of line at the award-winning Rushden Transport Museum. The table is used by teams based across the station platform at the Historical Transport Society Social Club, itself a multiple award-winner culminating in CAMRA's National Club of the Year in 2010....
Sunday, 2 December 2012
Buying old pub games and the associated paraphanalia of play can sometimes throw up a few oddities. I've been after a decent branded chalk score board for some time now, and though this one doesn't exactly match my needs it was too nice a thing to pass by. But what was it originally designed to score?Let's start with the Lion Ale branding which possibly originated from the Matthew Brown brewery. Matthew Brown brewed at the Lion Brewery in Blackburn...
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