Pub Games… Pub History, Games, Books & Signs – AN OVERVIEW OF THE SUBJECTS 21 May 20192 Mar 2026 The History of Public Houses This may surprise my regular visitors but I actually have research interests other than darts. (Yes. It’s true!) You cannot research darts, or any other…
Books… Bobby George – Book Review Response 21 May 201928 Jun 2019 AUTHOR’S RESPONSE In reply to my review of ‘Bobby Dazzler’ that appeared in the February 2007 issue of Darts World magazine, Bobby wrote in the March issue: ‘My thanks to…
Books… Bobby Dazzler – My Story Bobby George 21 May 201930 Oct 2019 BOBBY DAZZLES Darts Historian Patrick Chaplin reviews Bobby George’s biography - Plus......... Bobby George's comments on his Review Click Here Anyone reading Bobby Dazzler – My Story, Bobby George’s recently published…
Darts History Puff And Darts – Don’t Throw Blow 21 May 201928 Jun 2019 One of the earliest references to darts being played in alehouses dates back to the 16th century when the great-great-great, plus a few more greats, grandfather of darts ‘puff the…
Players Bill Lennard – ‘mr. Consistency’ 21 May 201920 Aug 2019 If ever there was a player born ten to fifteen years too early then I think it has to be Bill Lennard. William Henry Lennard was born in Manchester in…
Darts History DARTS HISTORY -The Facts In The Case Of ‘Bigfoot’ Annakin 21 May 201920 Feb 2026 At the turn of the twentieth century in England darts was in its infancy. (Yes despite wild guesses to the contrary, darts did not start the process of evolution into…
Books… ‘Bellies And Bullseyes’- By Sid Waddell 21 May 201928 Jun 2019 In my opinion, writes Patrick Chaplin, there is no one in our sport better placed than Sid Waddell to write a history of televised darts over the past thirty years. Bellies…
Books… The Official Bar Guide To Darts By Patrick Chaplin, PhD, Darts Historian 21 May 201921 Dec 2020 The sport of Darts owes a great deal to Dr. Chaplin and that debt of gratitude is compounded by the high degree of value presented in his latest book, The Official…
Australia… First Back-To-Back 180s On TV 21 May 201920 Dec 2020 Way, way back in 2003 in response to a question that I could not answer, Wayne Robinson of the University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, e-mailed me to say…
Books Reviews 21 May 201930 Oct 2019 Books Darts Miscellany by Matt Bozeat UK-based darts journalist Matt Bozeat has found an original approach to darts writing by producing what I believe to be the first miscellany of…
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