History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 107 – Magnet Bowl The Pithay Bristol

By John Ashbridge, Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President

The second Magnet Bowl to open during 1965 became the fourth in the Magnet estate when is opened on 16th June 1965. It was a 32-lane AMF equipped centre and immediately became very busy as was normal for new centres during that mid-sixties period. Very little information is available for this centre other than it is believed to have closed during December 1972.