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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – 1964 By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Moving into the fifth year of Tenpin Bowling […]
By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Fairlanes Bowl Sicey Avenue Firth Park Sheffield The last but one of the Fairlanes bowling centres […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge ABC Bowl Westway East Acton London W3 The building that formed the basis of the ABC Bowl […]
By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Lee-West Lanes Greenways Bowl Stopsley Green Luton The Greenways Bowl in Luton was the first centre […]
By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Ambassador Bowl Overton Street Waverley Liverpool 7 The third bowling centre to open in Liverpool and, […]
By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge CBC Bowl Birleyvale Frechville Sheffield This 12-lane centre, the first tenpin bowling centre in Sheffield, opened […]
By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Excel Bowl Caversham Road Reading Situated in one of the best UK bowling centre locations, the […]
By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Warwick Bowl Westley Road Acocks Green Birmingham The 6th tenpin bowling centre to open in Birmingham […]
By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Excel Bowl Union Street Torquay Excel Bowling Ltd continued its expansion when, on 27th August 1963 […]
By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Dogs Bowl South Shields Sports Stadium South Shields It is believed that this 20 lane Brunswick […]
By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Excel Bowl Somborne Drive Leigh Park Havant Hampshire The Excel Bowl Havant, the fifth centre in […]
By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Excel Bowl Lower Parade Whitstable Kent This small 10-lane centre opened in the coastal town of […]
By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Fairlanes Bowl Denby Dale Road Wakefield The 22-lane Fairlanes tenpin bowl opened on 6th July 1963 […]
By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Brunswick Hampden Bowl Sommerville Drive Mount Florida Glasgow S2 This 32-lane tenpin bowling centre was opened […]
By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Scotlanes Llanelli Bowl Town Hall Square Llanelli Carmarthenshire This 10-lane centre, the first tenpin bowling centre […]
By Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association President John Ashbridge Universal Bowl Marine Road Morecambe The Universal Bowl Morecambe, which was to be the first of […]
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