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habanero
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Potshare Bowling
« on: Monday 19 September 05 20:57 BST (UK) »
I recently found out that my great-grandfather Robert Ward of Bebside (Bob Ward) set a potshare bowling record which remained unbroken at the time of his 90th Birthday in 1944 (as per a newspaper article in Blyth Library)

Can anyone local tell me more about what potshare bowling was?

Thanks,  Anne
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Re: Potshare Bowling
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 20 September 05 17:05 BST (UK) »
Google it! - this is one of the sites that comes up
http://www2.umist.ac.uk/sport/SPORTS%20HISTORY/BSSH/The%20Sports%20Historian/TSH%2015/metcalfe.html

Maya
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Re: Potshare Bowling
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 20 September 05 20:20 BST (UK) »
Many thanks for that-I had seen this article before; I am quite interested in finding out how it was played, etc which I cannot find on any search website.

It's still interesting though!

Any old Bebsiders out there who may know anything about Potshare bowling?
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