General… LIONEL SMITH 30 Dec 2020 The popularity of my News of the World,featured more or less monthly in my global Dr. Darts’ Newsletter,seems to grow and grow. This particular post was inspired by one of…
Darts History… CHARLES ‘CHARLIE’ BOWLEY – NEWS OF THE WORLD CHAMPION 1930 20 Dec 202021 Dec 2020 It was a chance conversation that my wife had with a colleague at work back in 1988 which revealed the story of Charles ‘Charlie’ Bowley and his victory in the…
Pub Games… FLY LOO – A PUB GAME THAT DEFIES THE LAW? 11 Nov 2020 Three years ago whilst browsing through a bound volume of late nineteenth-century copies of Tit-Bits I chanced upon an issue dated 28th May 1898 which included an article titled ‘Pastimes…
General… THE SILENT WOMAN/KING’S HEAD, WIDFORD, ESSEX 11 Nov 202011 Nov 2020 During my wife Maureen and my sojourn into Herefordshire in November 2018, we decided at the beginning of the week to visit the village of Bosbury which we had visited…
Dartboards and darts… COVID-19 – THE GREATEST-EVER THREAT TO DARTS AND OTHER PUB GAMES 4 Aug 20204 Aug 2020 While all around us (at least here in the UK) the plague that is Covid-19 appears to be easing, the UK Government allowed pubs and clubs to reopen from early…
Players… DAVE KELLY – US DARTS ACE 14 Jun 202029 Jun 2020 It is always a sad day when one hears about the passing of any well-known darts player. Regrettably, the month of June 2020 was no different. It is thanks to…
News Of The World… JOHN ZIMNOWODA 8 Jun 2020 Now there’s a surname to conjure with. I was researching something else in back issues of Darts World magazine dating back to the late 1970s when I noticed a report…
Pub History THE FOUR ALE BAR 11 May 2020 Many years ago a member of the Pub History Society asked “What is the origin of the phrase ‘four-ale bar’? I had always believed its origins lay in 4d (four…
Darts History… JOHN ROSS – ‘THE GRANDFATHER OF DARTS’ 10 May 202010 May 2020 On Monday 8th May 1989, shortly after his 85th birthday, John Ross passed away. He had been ill for some time. In this article I look back on the life…
Dartboards and darts… THE PERRANPORTH SPRING DART 5 May 2020 I have been researching the history and development of darts for many years and had always assumed the progress of the process of manufacture of dart barrels to be from…
