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Title: Snooker
Post by: dizzybare on Tuesday 11 April 06 18:13 BST (UK)

My Grandfather JOSEPH HENRY PAR(R)ISH was reportedly a snooker champion in Whitehaven.
He was born in Shrops 1889 and is on the 1891 census in Shrops. By 1901 he was resident in Netherhall in Cumberland and married in 1919 from an address in Whitehaven.
Anyone help with any information please.

Title: Re: Snooker
Post by: annaandchester on Tuesday 18 April 06 14:14 BST (UK)

Have you thought about getting in touch with local snooker clubs to see if he played there - or try the local newspapers for clippings of him in action

Anna x

Title: Re: Snooker
Post by: annaandchester on Tuesday 18 April 06 14:14 BST (UK)

Here is one

Whitehaven Snooker & Pool Club
28 Roper Street
Whitehaven, Cumbria
Tel: 01946 66500 

Title: Re: Snooker
Post by: annaandchester on Tuesday 18 April 06 14:17 BST (UK)

Here is a website that deal with snooker past and present

http://www.cuesnviews.co.uk/