Past times/Days before multiple tv channels

[Bridge hibs]

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Growing up in Liverpool we lived next door but one to a pub with a bowling green. My Dad never played but when I was 13 one of the pub regulars asked my Dad if I would like to try crown green bowling. I did and loved it, was never off the green, got into the clubs B team then quickly progressed to the A team. Became club captiain, won every single club competition over the years including the Club championship. Looking back it was a fantastic time in my life, especially when playing league games at 13 and being looked upon by my opponent as just a kid and an easy opponent, they soon realised that wasn’t the case. Really miss my days of crown green bowling, have played flat green here in Edinburgh for a good twenty years, enjoy it but it will never match my days as a crown green bowler.

A game I would have loved to have tried. I watched a televised Crown Green bowls many years ago and thought it was great to watch, seemed fast and very competitive compared to our game up here which although competitive looks a bit slower paced, certainly what Ive seen on tv. I think the Crown bowls I watched could have been in Blackpool but it was a few years back

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A game I would have loved to have tried. I watched a televised Crown Green bowls many years ago and thought it was great to watch, seemed fast and very competitive compared to our game up here which although competitive looks a bit slower paced, certainly what Ive seen on tv. I think the Crown bowls I watched could have been in Blackpool but it was a few years back

It probably was as the Waterloo tournament final 32 were usually televised. The thing about Crown green is it’s you against your opponent, two bowls each and no interference from the rink. There is the odd pairs competition but in general singles games all the time. I wish I was half as good as a rink bowler than I was as a crown green bowler. Also green knowledge is a massive advantage in crown green as you can set a mark anywhere you want. Part of the reason I was so successful as a kid was I was never off the green and knew every inch and different “marks” of it like the back of my hand. At home I was virtually unbeatable in league games.

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It probably was as the Waterloo tournament final 32 were usually televised. The thing about Crown green is it’s you against your opponent, two bowls each and no interference from the rink. There is the odd pairs competition but in general singles games all the time. I wish I was half as good as a rink bowler than I was as a crown green bowler. Also green knowledge is a massive advantage in crown green as you can set a mark anywhere you want. Part of the reason I was so successful as a kid was I was never off the green and knew every inch and different “marks” of it like the back of my hand. At home I was virtually unbeatable in league games.

Excellent mate, Im surprised that there arent any Crown greens in Scotland, at least Im not aware of any and Ive not seen or heard the game mentioned up here. It does seem to be as you suggested above more an English regional sport and popular at that. If Im down in England anytime in the future I might try and take in a game