Reply With QuoteWere the two behind the front pin called coppers ❓Originally Posted by William Treseder
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Now you mention it 🤣Don’t you dare barefacedly state that you never come off the alley to the strains of ‘You are my sunshine, my only sunshine’?
Were the two behind the front pin called coppers ❓
Not quite sure. I do know where the oldest skittle alley in Cardiff is though. Any ideas without googling ?
Weren’t they the ‘quarters’?
Great question, there’s so many gone now, sadly. Is it The Birchgrove?
No, not the Birchgrove. I worded the question wrong as the pub no longer has a skittle alley, but it was the first to have one.
I played out of the Rompney Castle when younger, the last team i played for was a team who played in the Croft in Roath.
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Well, the bar is extremely low. Look at Birmingham and several other councils which have become bankrupt whilst being run by so called people who were supposed to know what they were doing
Is the pub still open and has it still got it’s original name?
Vulcan..?
Yes it’s still open. It has changed its name a few times over the yrs, but is now back to its original name
Negative 😁
The Cambrian?
I succumbed to Google and now know the answer, I would've never have guessed.
No. I’ll give you a clue. One of the name changes it’s had contained a colour.
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..
The Four Elms?
Bingo! I’ve only ever been in there when it was the Yellow Kangaroo.
Was going to say the Bluebell but a Yellow Kangaroo bounded past my window and clinched it.
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?
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!As a sticker upper and player in years gone by i'd forgotten about the bolter
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 Ł15 the stickers get now (plus free drinks & snacks)
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.
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