Darts History… DARTS HISTORY – BEATING THE MEN AT THEIR OWN GAME – THE EILEEN TURNAGE STORY 21 Aug 20192 Mar 2026 Back in 1927 the popular Sunday newspaper, the News of the World, introduced an individual darts tournament. They called it a ‘test’; its purpose to find the best darts player…
Pub Games… PUB HISTORY – PUB SIGNS -THE OLD BELL AND STEELYARD, WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK 17 Aug 201920 Feb 2026 The Olde Bell and Steelyard In the summer 2011 issue of the Pub History Society's Newsletter I recalled the visit by my wife and I the previous January to the…
Pub Games… PUB HISTORY -PUB SIGNS – THE BOLT-IN-TUN, FLEET STREET – IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS 17 Aug 20192 Mar 2026 I often gain inspiration for my articles from newspaper cuttings found in dusty tomes. In the past such sources have led to the publication of articles in the Pub History…
Pub Games… PUB GAMES – GNURDLING AND SIGNAGE 16 Aug 20192 Mar 2026 In the past I have been known to write pieces about the origins of specific pub signs and pub games. Some of my previous efforts which have included the Goat…
Pub History Pub History – RESEARCH 22 May 20192 Mar 2026 The Cherry Tree pub, Witham, Essex (circa 1914) This may surprise my regular visitors but I actually have research interests other than darts. (Yes. It’s true!) You cannot research darts,…
Darts History… PUB GAMES – CALLING TIME ON OUR GREAT BRITISH PUB GAMES 22 May 20192 Mar 2026 In 2008 University of Sheffield student Katie Durose, 21, approached me asking for information and advice in relation to two papers she was preparing as part of her BA (Hons)…
Pub History DARTS HISTORY – A Texan Don And A Cambridge Pub 22 May 20192 Mar 2026 In the Spring 2008 issue of the Pub History Society’s Newsletter I wrote about the American ‘invasion’ of the traditional English pub during the Second World War. In this article I maintain…
Pub History… PUB HISTORY – The Goat And Compasses 22 May 20192 Mar 2026 The Goat and Compasses, Hull (Image © Simon Mason) It’s happened again. Inspiration for this contribution to the Pub History Society journal, Pub History, came once more from a newspaper cutting found…
Pub History PUB HISTORY – White Hart – Langford 22 May 20192 Mar 2026 THE COMPLETE & UTTER HISTORY OF THE PUB IN LANGFORD, ESSEX One lunchtime in the early 1970s I sheltered from a downpour by seeking refuge in the Chelmsford Public Library.…
Pub History DARTS HISTORY – The Traditional English Pub and The American ‘Invasion’ 22 May 20192 Mar 2026 While they were ‘over here’ helping with the war effort and bringing Britain victory, thousands of servicemen and women from the USA, Canada and other allied countries were stationed in…
Dr Patrick Chaplin 