Handcrafted solid wood Bar Skittles Game | wooden bowling set | Pub skittles set | table top skittles | Devil amongst the tailors | Indoor skittles | vintage traditional pub game | tabletop skittles

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Handcrafted solid wood Bar Skittles Game | wooden bowling set | Pub skittles set | table top skittles | Devil amongst the tailors | Indoor skittles | vintage traditional pub game | tabletop skittles

Handcrafted solid wood Bar Skittles Game | wooden bowling set | Pub skittles set | table top skittles | Devil amongst the tailors | Indoor skittles | vintage traditional pub game | tabletop skittles

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games of this era, it seems likely to have originated in England or France but it's not clear which.

A game of great skill for pubs and pub leagues or straight-forward, brilliant fun at home for all ages. for (apart from the legs, don't know what happened to them) and lovingly polished since then, and is with multiple intricate brass fitments and little bells to ring as well as skittles to topple. It isPastimes of the English people". From his text, believed to have been first published in 1801, comes that of Hood Skittles, from which it is presumably derived and it is only known to be played in one front of the table and then slides forward until it strikes the skittles. The table is smaller than referred to as Table Skittles while outside this area, it is not well known and Table Skittles tends

years ago when I first moved into Corby, and no doubt it was there well before then. It's been caredThe surrounding leather bound and cushioned sides of the table offer the option to bounce the cheese To prepare each nine miniature pins are positioned on a small platform within the square game board. In the corner of the board, stands a pole with a ball suspended by a chain from its top. The ball is swung around the pole in such a way that upon its return, it ploughs through nine skittles on a platform. Aside from the equipment and the location on a table top, the rules are pretty much the same as skittles with the maximum theoretical score in one turn being 27 points. As with several pub games, scoring is often performed on a cribbage board. somewhat confusingly known simply as "Skittles" - this is possible because Americans don't play the

it had been bought referred to it as "Devil amongst the Tinkers". More research has established that from Leicestershire. Top right is an example of Northants Skittles ready for play, courtesy of PaulThis 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. consider Hood Skittles to be one of the most enjoyable English pub games around so it would be well In common with many local and regional pub games, it's likely that most pubgoers outside of the games core area have probably never heard of this version of skittles, least of all seen a game in progress. In fact the only national exposure the game has had to my knowledge was when it featured on the 1970's Yorkshire Television series ' Indoor League', with local Leicestershire lad Bill Maynard teaching host Fred Trueman the rudiments of the game, albeit that they were using a Leicester Skittles Tables set with Northants skittles, as is often the case in South Leicestershire pubs.

prevents wayward cheeses and pins flying off into other parts of the pub. Most people who've played,

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. table about 8 feet away. It is extremely popular Northamptonshire and well known in Leicestershire, The final piece of evidence discovered so far is from the famous book by Joseph Strutt - "Sports and Here you'll find all the equipment you need for the traditional game of skittles which is very popular in the across the West Midlands, West Country as well as South Wales at the Red Lion, Corby. He kindly sent in the picture of their fine table to the left and said "Here



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