Top Rank Old Trafford Manchester was the venue for the fourth BTBA National Championships in the mid sixties. BTBA president Lord Essendon opened the event stating “It is fitting that our championships should be held […]
Southern Scene started around 1981 and was still going by 1997 covering, yes you guessed it, the South of England. If you have any magazines we would love to at least complete a collection of […]
Back in the early Eighties Ebonite had some of the best balls on the market. The Magnum range, Gyro range, Maxim range and even Manhattan range were in most bowlers hands and winning. When talking […]
In the mid 80’s AMF brought out a new range of equipment. The Angle range went on to win many tournaments for Pro bowlers and Amateurs Worldwide and is still fondly remembered by many. Did […]
For the most part, the early 60’s bowling news came from Tenpin Pictorial and the old broadsheet format and size. Sometime in the late sixties Strike Out arrived in an A4 size magazine format. This […]
Way back in the day, my local bowl, Top Rank Bowl Chatham, was a popular venue-out for bored teens. We didn’t bowl that often as it was cheaper to just hang out with a coffee […]
Where else could the Silver Anniversary edition of the AMF Bowling World Cup be held but at its birthplace? Stillorgan Bowl was much bigger now, thanks to the addition of more lanes and a big […]
String , String, String, Sick of hearing about string met most days when the announcement came of the famous Airport bowl going to string machines. Cue a welcome message via our Facebook page… “Hi, I’m […]
Charrington Bowl Tolworth had their very own magazine in the late 70’s and early 80’s We are unsure how many issues it ran for but thanks to Tolworth bowler and Talktenpin Owner Stuart Watson we […]
How did people learn to bowl in the 1960’s? Thanks to the USA, there were multiple booklets frim the ABC, AMF, Brunswick and more. Did anyone have this one?
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