Darts History… DARTS HISTORY – GERMAN DARTS MAGAZINES AND TWO WORLD CHAMPIONS 20 Oct 202518 Mar 2026 GERMAN DARTS MAGAZINES – DARTS ECHO AND… ....BOB ANDERSON, JOHN LOWE, AND HEIKE ERNST Whilst working through a large file of darts photos back in 2021, I came across one…
Darts History… DARTS HISTORY -PETER ‘POP’ BROOKS 14 Oct 20252 Mar 2026 One of the most enjoyable things I find about researching the history of darts is that it often leads to me learning about dart players who never quite became a…
Darts History… DARTS HISTORY -BBC HAS NO PLANS FOR TELEVISING DARTS 14 Oct 202520 Feb 2026 While broadcasters clamour for a piece of the darts cake, I bring you a special report highlighting when the BBC (Britain’s national broadcaster), which has had little or no involvement…
General DARTS HISTORY – JACK PRICE – ‘MR. 180’ 16 Apr 202518 Mar 2026 Jack Price, who hailed from Bristol, was one of the first ‘recognised’ darts referees. Born on 20th October 1928 he sadly passed away on 23rd February 2006, aged 77. As…
Darts History… DARTS HISTORY – THE ELKADART STORY 8 Jul 202417 Mar 2026 It is almost a decade since I first tracked down Ben Drake, the co-founder of the former popular darts company ELKADART, at his home in Berkshire. Elkadart was a major…
General DARTS HISTORY – THE LEGENDARY LORD LONSDALE ‘THE PEOPLE’ TROPHY – WHAT HAPPENED TO IT? 7 Oct 202317 Mar 2026 Over recent months I have been reporting in my newsletter, Darts History, on aspects on The People Lord Lonsdale Team Challenge. Despite The People having withdrawn its sponsorship after the…
Dartboards and darts… DARTS HISTORY – RECORD DEAL ANNOUNCED AS THE PROFESSIONAL DARTS CORPORATION AND WINMAU TEAM UP WITH OFFICIAL PARTNERSHIP 22 Feb 202217 Mar 2026 An exciting new era for the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) has begun following the announcement that PDC events will be played exclusively using WINMAU dartboards in a record five-year partnership.…
Darts History… DARTS HISTORY – CLIMAX 78 – THE FORK TRUCK DRIVERS’ DARTS TOURNAMENT 17 Nov 202117 Mar 2026 In the late 1970s, sponsors were queueing up at the office of the British Darts Organisation (BDO) in London to put their money down to support the numerous televised darts…
General… DARTS HISTORY – LIONEL SMITH 30 Dec 202017 Mar 2026 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…
General… PUB HISTORY – PUB SIGNS – THE SILENT WOMAN/KING’S HEAD, WIDFORD, ESSEX 11 Nov 20202 Mar 2026 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…
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