Runcorn by election.

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Originally Posted by splott parker

The Cambrian?

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i'll give you a clue, it's not too far from us Splottites, you would have certainly visited the place many times, as have I..

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Originally Posted by William Treseder

No. I’ll give you a clue. One of the name changes it’s had contained a colour.

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The Four Elms?

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Originally Posted by splott parker

The Four Elms?

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Bingo! I’ve only ever been in there when it was the Yellow Kangaroo.

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Originally Posted by splott parker

The Four Elms?

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Originally Posted by Splott-light...

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Was going to say the Bluebell but a Yellow Kangaroo bounded past my window and clinched it.

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Was going to say the Bluebell but a Yellow Kangaroo bounded past my window and clinched it.

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well it wouldn't have been a Wilfried Kangaroo because i've never seen one move..

The skittle alley opened in 1895. Wonder how much the Sticker upper got in those days?

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Originally Posted by Heathblue

As a sticker upper and player in years gone by i'd forgotten about the bolter :hehe:

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I’ve never heard of a bolter (must be a local term), maybe it’s a duck or through ball. We don’t pay for a bolter whatever it is!

I’ve played skittles for 50 years (except the 3 years when I lived abroad). 44 years for the same team until they folded due to Covid. All 4 of my boys have stuck up & played over the years. They didn’t get the £15 the stickers get now (plus free drinks & snacks)

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Originally Posted by William Treseder

The skittle alley opened in 1895. Wonder how much the Sticker upper got in those days?

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Another good question. If it was a farthing a man from the home team, couldn’t be less than a farthing, it would be 3d. If he did 5 games a week, he’d be on 1/3.

Oddfellows

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Originally Posted by William Treseder

You did have to keep your wits about you 😁
I’m trying to recall which skittles were called the policemen? Was it the front one, or the 2 behind the front one?

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Originally Posted by Des Parrot

I’ve never heard of a bolter (must be a local term), maybe it’s a duck or through ball. We don’t pay for a bolter whatever it is!

I’ve played skittles for 50 years (except the 3 years when I lived abroad). 44 years for the same team until they folded due to Covid. All 4 of my boys have stuck up & played over the years. They didn’t get the £15 the stickers get now (plus free drinks & snacks)

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Des, if you get 0 pins with 3 balls you've had 3 bolters 🤣 and the inevitable piss take from your team 🤣

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Originally Posted by Heathblue

Des, if you get 0 pins with 3 balls you've had 3 bolters �� and the inevitable piss take from your team ��

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Cheers HB, we call them “throughs” and 0 pins is a duck, accompanied after 2 balls by Old MacDonald had a farm …

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Originally Posted by Heathblue

Des, if you get 0 pins with 3 balls you've had 3 bolters �� and the inevitable piss take from your team ��

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And 3 bolters is a sunshine:thumbup:

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Originally Posted by splott parker

And 3 bolters is a sunshine:thumbup:

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I was getting too many spares to worry about Sunshines 🤣, never saw the 9 pins getting taken out with one ball but did see 8 go down, and incredibly it was the back diamond pin standing.

I used to play with work teams years ago. Was the Westgate a skittles pub, a pub in Llandaff North just over the hill, and many other good days.

I played most of my skittles in the Bridge Inn, the Civil Service club and the Vicky Park.

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Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue

I used to play with work teams years ago. Was the Westgate a skittles pub, a pub in Llandaff North just over the hill, and many other good days.

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The Crown Jokers? Billy Waith’s pub.

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Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue

I used to play with work teams years ago. Was the Westgate a skittles pub, a pub in Llandaff North just over the hill, and many other good days.

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Yep, The Westgate had an alley. I played for The Grosvenor Growlers ( Cardiff & District League) from The Grosvenor and The Tomdors (Combined Clubs League) from The Shed on Seawall Rd. Great days, home night on a Friday but those midweek away games resulted in some extremely hard mornings in work the day after.

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Originally Posted by splott parker

The Crown Jokers? Billy Waith’s pub.

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The Cow & Snuffers ?

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Originally Posted by William Treseder

The Cow & Snuffers ?

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The one on the hill coming out of Llandaff North mentioned by NorthCardiffBlue was The Crown. Appropriately know as Crown Hill. The Cow was opposite Glantaf school. Now known as Disraeli House due to the rumour that Benjamin Disraeli once spent the night there when visiting a lady friend from the area……Disraeli never played skittles!!!

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Originally Posted by splott parker

The one on the hill coming out of Llandaff North mentioned by NorthCardiffBlue was The Crown. Appropriately know as Crown Hill. The Cow was opposite Glantaf school. Now known as Disraeli House due to the rumour that Benjamin Disraeli once spent the night there when visiting a lady friend from the area……Disraeli never played skittles!!!

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Did she play for the ladies team though? The plot thickens !

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Originally Posted by William Treseder

Did she play for the ladies team though? The plot thickens !

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She was anchor woman for the Cow Cows!

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Originally Posted by splott parker

The one on the hill coming out of Llandaff North mentioned by NorthCardiffBlue was The Crown. Appropriately know as Crown Hill. The Cow was opposite Glantaf school. Now known as Disraeli House due to the rumour that Benjamin Disraeli once spent the night there when visiting a lady friend from the area……Disraeli never played skittles!!!

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:thumbup: That's it, the Crown.

Aye something about Skittles, the beer flowed and the nights flew, the best pub game ever.