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Category: Pub Games

Pub Games

ROLL CURLING

21 Nov 2019
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…

THE INDOOR LEAGUE

31 Aug 201915 Sep 2019
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)…
Pub Games

BumblePuppy

21 May 201931 Oct 2019
The world of pub games is a fascinating one and here I publish the results of my research into the long-lost game of 'Bumblepuppy' In the Winter 2004 issue of…
Pub Games

Cork – Throwing

21 May 201930 Oct 2019
Following my article Roaring Fire, Cork-throwing and Demolition which was published in the Pub History Society’s Newsletter (Spring 2009) (which can be viewed elsewhere on this website, click here), I was thrilled to have received…
Pub Games

Pub Games

21 May 201931 Oct 2019
When undertaking research into darts, interest in other pub games comes naturally. While my main focus is on darts the involvement and overlap of other pub games in that research…

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