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History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 95 – Top Rank Bowl Silver Street Doncaster

September 16, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The 28-lane Brunswick equipped Top Rank Bowl Doncaster opened on Monday 30th November 1964. Very little is […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 94 – Magnet Bowl Queen’s Road Barnsley Yorkshire

August 29, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The first of two Magnet centres to be opened in the same month was the 32-lane AMF […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 93 – Brunswick Bowl The Causeway Billingham County Durham

July 30, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge It is not entirely clear of the exact opening date of this centre which is believed to […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 92 – Arrow Bowl Doncaster Road Scunthorpe Lincolnshire

July 24, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The first tenpin bowling centre to open in the Lincolnshire town of Scunthorpe was the 18 lane […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 91 – Top Rank Bowl Colyear Street Derby

July 17, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The 21st bowling centre in the Top Rank operation was introduced to the citizens of Derby on […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 90 – Ambassador Lanes Staines Road Hounslow

July 11, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge One of the largest bowling centres in West London to open was the 32-lane Ambassador Bowl, Hounslow. […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 89 – Excel Bowl Otley Road Headingley Leeds

July 6, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The sixteenth centre in the Excel chain to open was the 26-lane AMF equipped centre in Headingley, […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 88 – Excel Bowl Bolton Road Walkden Bolton Lancashire

June 29, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The fifteenth centre in the Excel chain opened in Walkden, close to Bolton, on 8th October 1964. […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 87 – Lee-West Lanes London Road Bedford

June 28, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The second Lee-West Lanes centre to open was the 20-lane bowl in Bedford which opened in October […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 86 – Fairlanes Bowl Franklin’s Gardens Northampton

June 22, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The Fairlanes Bowl in Northampton, the last centre to be opened in the Fairlanes chain, opened on […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 85 – Top Rank Savoy Bowl Promenade Blackpool

June 17, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The Top Rank Savoy Bowl situated on the Promenade in central Blackpool opened on 30th September 1964. […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 84 – Top Rank Bowl Tamworth Road Croydon Surrey

June 16, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The 32-lane Brunswick equipped bowl, the 20th of the Top Rank chain, opened in a blaze of […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 83 – ABC Bowl Pinner Road Harrow Middlesex

June 12, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The 28-lane AMF equipped centre, the 13th centre in the ABC bowling operation enjoyed a star-studded opening […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 82 – Windsor Lanes Castle Vernon Bowl Vernon Street Moor Lane Preston

June 6, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge On 12th August 1964 the privately owned 10-lane Brunswick equipped bowl opened in Vernon Street, Preston. Research […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 81 – Fraser Bowl Central Way Glenrothes Fife

April 27, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The ten-lane, privately owned, Fraser Bowl opened on 6th August 1964 and was fitted with lanes and […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 80 – Excel Bowl Grant Street Cleethorpes Lincolnshire

April 20, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The fourteenth centre in the Excel estate to open was the 32-lane bowl in Grant Street, Cleethorpes […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 79 – Excel Bowl Newcastle Road Sunderland

April 13, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The 32-lane Excel Bowl Sunderland opened on 30th June 1964. As was standard for Excel Bowling the […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 78 – Buccaneer Bowl Lee Tower Marine Parade East Lee-on-the-Solent Hampshire

April 8, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The building which housed this small bowling centre started life as the Tower Cinema which opened on […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 77 – ABC Bowl George Street Aberdeen

April 4, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The second bowling centre to open in Aberdeen within a short space of time in 1964 was […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 74 – Top Rank Bowl Pershore Street Birmingham 5

March 6, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge When the 32 lane Top Rank Bowl opened in Pershore Street, Birmingham it became the sixteenth centre […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 73 – The Granite Bowl 60 Loch Street Aberdeen

February 28, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The sixteen lane Granite Bowl was opened by a former Aberdonian, John Innes and his Canadian brother-in-law […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 72 – Ambassador Bowl Arundel Street Portsmouth

February 15, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The first bowling centre to open in Portsmouth was the 24 lane AMF equipped Ambassador Bowl which […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 71 – Excel Bowl Merrion Centre Leeds

February 10, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Excel Bowling made history once again when, on 25th March 1964, it opened the 42 lane Merrion […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 70 – Top Rank Bowl Bargate Burton -on-Trent

February 7, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge The 24 lane Top Rank Bowl opened on 21st March 1964 as part of the new Bargates […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 68 – Universal Bowl King Street Leigh Lancashire

January 11, 2020 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge   Universal Bowl King Street Leigh Lancashire Universal Bowling opened, what was its second centre, in Leigh […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 67 – Excel Bowl Mayflower Street Plymouth

January 3, 2020 Dom 0

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK – 1964 By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Moving into the fifth year of Tenpin Bowling […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 66 – Fairlanes Bowl Sicey Avenue Firth Park Sheffield

December 20, 2019 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge   Fairlanes Bowl Sicey Avenue Firth Park Sheffield The last but one of the Fairlanes bowling centres […]

Our History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK continues

December 14, 2019 Dom 0

Over the last couple of years we have been posting a history of centre openings since the very start of Tenpin bowling in the UK. […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 65 – Excel Bowl Canterbury Avenue Bradford 5 Yorkshire

December 14, 2019 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge   Excel Bowl Canterbury Avenue Bradford 5 Yorkshire The 36-lane Excel Bowl in Bradford was the 8th […]

History of Tenpin Bowling in the UK Part 64 – Excel Bowl Westgate Road Newcastle-on-Tyne

December 6, 2019 Dom 0

By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge   Excel Bowl Westgate Road Newcastle-on-Tyne The building which became the Excel Bowl in 1963 was located […]

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