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…
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…
Pub Games ROLL CURLING 21 Nov 20195 May 2020 Whilst undertaking research during 2014 I came across an outdoor pub game I had never seen or heard of before called ‘Roll Curling’. The photo depicts Mr. and Mrs. Victor…
Darts History… YE OLDE FAKE HISTORY OF YE OLDE GAME OF DARTS 20 Sep 201920 Dec 2020 I have been friends with Arthur R. Taylor, the noted pub games expert for some years and was unaware until recently that he had, back in 2007 written about the…
Darts History… THE INDOOR LEAGUE 31 Aug 201917 Nov 2021 THE INDOOR LEAGUE 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…
Dartboards and darts… THE BUNGAY DARTBOARD AND THE BROOME ELECTRONIC DART TARGET 28 Aug 201921 Oct 2019 The Bungay Dartboard The firm of Gibson and Balls is not one that immediately springs to mind when thinking about dartboard manufacturers. Names such as WINMAU, NODOR and UNICORN are…
Pub Games… THE OLD BELL AND STEELYARD, WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK 17 Aug 20197 Oct 2019 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… THE BOLT-IN-TUN, FLEET STREET – IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS 17 Aug 20197 Oct 2019 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… GNURDLING AND SIGNAGE 16 Aug 201931 Oct 2019 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…
Darts History… CALLING TIME ON OUR GREAT BRITISH PUB GAMES 22 May 201931 Oct 2019 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)…
Dr Patrick Chaplin 