Darts History… HARRY HEENAN – THE PRIDE OF SCOTLAND 16 Sep 2019 Harry Heenan (b. 13th May 1936) was a proud Glaswegian darts player who burst on to the scene in the early 1960s. Harry Heenan Harry was born in Glasgow…
Players ERIC BRISTOW – 1957-2018 16 Sep 201921 Oct 2019 BRISTOW’S DEATH SHOCKS THE DARTS WORLD The announcement that Eric ‘The Crafty Cockney’ Bristow had died suddenly on Thursday 5th April 2018 came as a shock to all those who…
Darts History… BREXIT IS BAD FOR DARTS 15 Sep 201915 Sep 2019 By the time you read this we here in the UK will all know what is, or isn’t or possibly might be happening as regards the exit of Britain from…
General… THE HALEX DARTS DOLLIES 15 Sep 201913 Aug 2023 In the late 1970s, as darts was emerging as a serious spectator sport and before the politically correct brigade came along and spoiled things for everyone, there were the Halex…
General… THE DARTS CHAMPION AND THE GUINNESS LITHOGRAPHS 2 Sep 20192 Sep 2019 ‘My company are planning to distribute a number of auto-lithographs to public houses, working men’s clubs etc. The subjects of these lithographs are to be taken from the Guinness Book…
Darts History… DARTS HISTORY AND PUB GAMES HISTORY – THE INDOOR LEAGUE 31 Aug 20192 Mar 2026 The Indoor League was a ground-breaking British television series launched by Yorkshire Television (YTV) in the early 1970s. The series featured a number of popular English pub games including darts…
News Of The World… KIM ‘THE FOX’ BROWN 29 Aug 201928 Jun 2025 Kim Brown Darts legend Kim Brown (b. 30th December 1930) (pictured) died of cancer in the early hours of 29th December 2012 at his home in Knowle, near Bristol surrounded…
News Of The World… HARRY PERRYMAN – NEWS OF THE WORLD CHAMPION 1951 29 Aug 2019 Harry Perryman (right) being awarded his championship trophy by the popular English comedian Tommy Trinder in 1951 I know, from the number of enquiries I receive that darts fans like…
Dartboards and darts… EU DARTBOARD RULING DECLARED ‘CRAZY’ 29 Aug 201921 Oct 2019 The world of darts is this morning reeling from the news that a new European Union (EU) regulation threatens the very existence of the sport. Regulation 1420/16 drafted by the…
Humour HARROWS LAUNCHES ‘DARTOBIKE’ 29 Aug 201921 Oct 2019 Amazing news from Harrows. Always looking for innovative ways of utilising dartboards, Harrows’ Research and Development Department’s New Uses for Dartboards (NUD) team have come up with an idea that…
Dr Patrick Chaplin 