Comments on: Games in the pub http://boakandbailey.com/2009/11/26/games-in-the-pub/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Alan http://boakandbailey.com/2009/11/26/games-in-the-pub/#comment-4020 Alan Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:15:41 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2609#comment-4020 Jeff - there must be a small game or two that would work for your place. <a href="http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Shove-HaPenny.htm" rel="nofollow">Shove Ha'penny</a>? <a href="http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Pitching-Discs.htm" rel="nofollow">Toad in the Hole</a>? Jeff – there must be a small game or two that would work for your place. Shove Ha’penny? Toad in the Hole?

]]> By: Bailey http://boakandbailey.com/2009/11/26/games-in-the-pub/#comment-4019 Bailey Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:12:41 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2609#comment-4019 Jeff -- much as we'd like to see more pubs with dartboards, they do take up a lot of space, and I can see why there aren't more boards in central London pubs. Luckily, there's always room for card games. I sat on my own in a pub the other night and played on my Nintendo DS. Does that count? Jeff — much as we’d like to see more pubs with dartboards, they do take up a lot of space, and I can see why there aren’t more boards in central London pubs. Luckily, there’s always room for card games.

I sat on my own in a pub the other night and played on my Nintendo DS. Does that count?

]]> By: Jeff http://boakandbailey.com/2009/11/26/games-in-the-pub/#comment-4018 Jeff Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:08:12 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2609#comment-4018 Who made Roller Cola? I considered getting a dart board when I was asked by some semi-regulars to do so recently. Decided against - probably not the right pub for it. But pub games are indeed great things. Who made Roller Cola?

I considered getting a dart board when I was asked by some semi-regulars to do so recently. Decided against – probably not the right pub for it. But pub games are indeed great things.

]]> By: Bailey http://boakandbailey.com/2009/11/26/games-in-the-pub/#comment-4017 Bailey Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:55:43 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2609#comment-4017 Yes, that's right. When we did their brewery tour a few years back, they'd just stopped making it, and there were Panda Pop vending machines all over the premises. Yes, that’s right. When we did their brewery tour a few years back, they’d just stopped making it, and there were Panda Pop vending machines all over the premises.

]]> By: Atj http://boakandbailey.com/2009/11/26/games-in-the-pub/#comment-4016 Atj Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:03:21 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2609#comment-4016 Panda pop — used to be produced by Hall & Woodhouse if I remember rightly. Panda pop — used to be produced by Hall & Woodhouse if I remember rightly.

]]> By: Bailey http://boakandbailey.com/2009/11/26/games-in-the-pub/#comment-4015 Bailey Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:54:31 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2609#comment-4015 Boring as hell, and uncomfortable, but it was worth it for the cash in hand. The really nice skittle clubs would even let stickers-up have some curly sandwiches from the buffet, and buy them a Panda pop or two. Boring as hell, and uncomfortable, but it was worth it for the cash in hand. The really nice skittle clubs would even let stickers-up have some curly sandwiches from the buffet, and buy them a Panda pop or two.

]]> By: Atj http://boakandbailey.com/2009/11/26/games-in-the-pub/#comment-4014 Atj Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:14:23 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2609#comment-4014 Out here on Exmoor skittles still thrives and is taken seriously — yet another example of the pub’s use as a community centre. Played a few times and remember the sullen teenager sticker ups. Used to feel sorry for them, they looked so bored. Out here on Exmoor skittles still thrives and is taken seriously — yet another example of the pub’s use as a community centre. Played a few times and remember the sullen teenager sticker ups. Used to feel sorry for them, they looked so bored.

]]> By: Bailey http://boakandbailey.com/2009/11/26/games-in-the-pub/#comment-4013 Bailey Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:52:55 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2609#comment-4013 Most pubs in the West Country have a skittle alley and most (used to) have a skittles team. It's basically a very rustic version of ten-pin bowling. I never did get to grips with the rules but, as a teenager in Somerset, made a bit of pocket money 'sticking up'. That is, sitting in a little cupboard at the end of the alley and popping out after each turn to stand the pins back up. Most pubs in the West Country have a skittle alley and most (used to) have a skittles team. It’s basically a very rustic version of ten-pin bowling. I never did get to grips with the rules but, as a teenager in Somerset, made a bit of pocket money ‘sticking up’. That is, sitting in a little cupboard at the end of the alley and popping out after each turn to stand the pins back up.

]]> By: Alan http://boakandbailey.com/2009/11/26/games-in-the-pub/#comment-4012 Alan Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:07:01 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2609#comment-4012 We used to live in a euchre hot bed in the Upper Ottawa Valley. What are West Country Skittles? I am sure it is in <a href="http://beerblog.genx40.com/archive/2007/june/bookreviewpub" rel="nofollow">Webb's book</a> from 1975 but I would like to hear it described from an eye witness. I want to play <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paille-maille" rel="nofollow">lawn billiards</a> myself. We used to live in a euchre hot bed in the Upper Ottawa Valley. What are West Country Skittles? I am sure it is in Webb’s book from 1975 but I would like to hear it described from an eye witness.

I want to play lawn billiards myself.

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