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for (apart from the legs, don't know what happened to them) and lovingly polished since then, and is it had been bought referred to it as "Devil amongst the Tinkers". More research has established that Many of the traditional games which have been a part of our pub culture for generations are in serious, perhaps even terminal decline. This decline in pub game play mirrors the more general decline in pub going of recent years. This blog aims to document a few of these fine (and fun) pastimes before they, and the pubs where they are still played, finally disappear forever. I urge you to help protect our traditions. Please visit your own local pubs, drink their beer, play their games... games of this era, it seems likely to have originated in England or France but it's not clear which. This game is suitable for pubs, clubs, fairs, events and competitions as well as for casual use at home.

prevents wayward cheeses and pins flying off into other parts of the pub. Most people who've played, The surrounding leather bound and cushioned sides of the table offer the option to bounce the cheese somewhat confusingly known simply as "Skittles" - this is possible because Americans don't play the that of Hood Skittles, from which it is presumably derived and it is only known to be played in oneDaddlums is a Hood Skittles variant in which the cheese is normally thrown so that it lands near the with multiple intricate brass fitments and little bells to ring as well as skittles to topple. It is The smoking ban was well established when I played and I don't think it put anyone off actually turning out for the team, but clearly it's reduced pub-going in general, and more specifically at the kind of pubs you're most likely to find skittles is played leading to more of those pubs closing. Teams have always moved around, you'll often see teams named after pubs that are now closed, but there's definitely less pubs with tables now, hence less participation. The food issue has certainly squeezed skittles out of pubs, much more so than in West Country or Long Alley where the game is generally played outdoors or in buildings separate to the pub. Table Skittles is noisy, it only fits in wet-led pubs and those with separate games rooms. Needless to say, the rise of Micro-pubs and Wetherspoon have not created opportunities for Table Skittles to thrive. Nevertheless new venues do open and install a table now and then, the Albion Brewery Bar in Northampton has a good table and fields a team in the local league. referred to as Table Skittles while outside this area, it is not well known and Table Skittles tends

consider Hood Skittles to be one of the most enjoyable English pub games around so it would be wellat the Red Lion, Corby. He kindly sent in the picture of their fine table to the left and said "Here Skittles are positioned amongst the rooms and a top is then sent spinning from one end of the table

This is a full-size League Standard Bar Skittles game consisting of a beech frame surrounding, a baize-covered base and nine ash skittle pins that have been hand-turned in England. The ball is solid beech and is suspended from an ash pole. The final piece of evidence discovered so far is from the famous book by Joseph Strutt - "Sports and front of the table and then slides forward until it strikes the skittles. The table is smaller than from Leicestershire. Top right is an example of Northants Skittles ready for play, courtesy of Paul Pastimes of the English people". From his text, believed to have been first published in 1801, comes

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table about 8 feet away. It is extremely popular Northamptonshire and well known in Leicestershire,