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Post by Carls421 on Sept 13, 2019 15:47:55 GMT
Not entirely sure to be honest Tommo, I’ve not played there yet!! Lol
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Post by taffy on Sept 15, 2019 10:18:16 GMT
The Kings Arms, Blakeney - gone. Kings Head, Holt - gone. The Pigs at Melton Constable - gone. The Green Man at Lt Snoring, - gone. All removed from the map, Taff could you include a post code on any changes please? that's how I find them on the map. Just so happens I'm familiar with that area. will do Sav. The Hill House Inn, Happisburgh - NR12 0PW - table removed a log time ago (BTW, they all said 'a long time ago') NR10 4JJ The kings Arms, Reepham - NR10 4JJ - no table. I have conquered a little of essex Tommo, do you recall late last year i checked out all the south-west suffolk and east essex area? I wwas surprised all 4 pubs no longer hold a table. i'd talked with Phil and Carl (seperately) about 'doing something'. but all 4.....jesus!!! trying to remain positive, maybe an effort should be made to go to Thorpe Market and Brancaster Staithe and at least "put a marker down". Taffy
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Post by Chris_Sav on Sept 15, 2019 15:36:26 GMT
Removed from map thanks
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2019 19:45:51 GMT
I was surprised all 4 pubs no longer hold a table. i'd talked with Phil and Carl (seperately) about 'doing something'. but all 4.....jesus!!! trying to remain positive, maybe an effort should be made to go to Thorpe Market and Brancaster Staithe and at least "put a marker down". Taffy When you consider that whole leagues that existed as recently as 20 years ago have disappeared, it comes no surprise when non-league tables are 'discontinued'. On my recent trip to Somerset I had high hopes of finding a table in a particular venue, only to find that it had installed a skittle alley, which was attracting a much more thriving trade. With rental charges and maintenance costs a table has to justify its own existence in this day and age.
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Post by taffy on Sept 15, 2019 20:28:57 GMT
this is the crux of it.
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Post by taffy on Sept 16, 2019 9:12:37 GMT
I'm a firm believer in "leagues" as far as pub revenue goes. But nobody seems to blame the lanlords like I'm prepared to. most of them are lazy b***ers! you won't believe how bad the table is at Brancaster Staithe. I had to run across the pub with a 9 iron and the ball still stopped short of the 10 hole.
I wouldn't mind but i was aiming at the 30!!!!
your skittle alley has what I call "engagement" with the public and screams "do something!!! NOW!!!!". but a bar billiards table needs a brush and a hoover, a little oil, the coin mechanism looking at, a polish, a PROPER polish to get rid of sweaty hands. My experience ias that only half of the landlords get it.
certainly, young managers don't and women don't identify with these contraptions either. a BB table crosses the line into 'mechanical'.
Taffy
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 10:23:24 GMT
Unfortunately Taffy there are too few of us left who are willing to put the extra milie in for the sake of non-league bar billiards. And I agree, landlords' attitudes sometimes don't help, my experience of o few years' ago being an example (check out this thread): barbilliards.proboards.com/thread/7097/east-grinstead-pub-table…….and then of course the inevitable sad ending: Oct 6, 2010 10:16:31 GMT 1 tommo said: Rose and Crown (E.Grinstead) table has now gone, according to Steve King.
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Post by JB on Sept 16, 2019 12:36:41 GMT
And fortunately there are still people who put in the extra mile and believe it or not it does include women.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 14:34:44 GMT
And fortunately there are still people who put in the extra mile and believe it or not it does include women. Indeed, and here's an example: Take no notice of Taffy, he's a throwback to the caveman era.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2020 15:29:27 GMT
This one has recently re-opened and according to its website has bar billiards (although not yet a league venue):
SHOULDER OF MUTTON, 9 NORWICH ROAD, STRUMPSHAW, NORFOLK NR13 4NT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2020 20:02:27 GMT
A leak from a palace source reveals that there is a bar billiards table here: SANDRINGHAM BOWLS CLUB, WEST NEWTON, KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK PE31 6AY
"The Sandringham Bowls Club is part of the Sandringham Social club at West Newton which offers members a bar, social events such as regular bingo evenings, Sea Food Night, Barbecues, a car rally, plus darts, dominoes, bar billiards, snooker etc."
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Post by taffy on Nov 25, 2020 19:28:38 GMT
A leak from a palace source reveals that there is a bar billiards table here: SANDRINGHAM BOWLS CLUB, WEST NEWTON, KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK PE31 6AY
"The Sandringham Bowls Club is part of the Sandringham Social club at West Newton which offers members a bar, social events such as regular bingo evenings, Sea Food Night, Barbecues, a car rally, plus darts, dominoes, bar billiards, snooker etc."
Not true I'm afraid Tommo. I've asked...there isn't one there. cheers Taffy
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2020 19:41:13 GMT
They may just be saying that, Taffy, to maintain a bit of exclusivity !
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Post by tommo III on Jul 31, 2021 13:46:45 GMT
Mentioned on the League's website:
The Jubilee, 26 St Leonards Road, Norwich NR1 4BL The Gordon, 88 Gordon Avenue, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich NR7 0DR
No league team as such but venues on which singles comps can be played.
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Post by tommo III on Apr 1, 2023 10:13:06 GMT
According to the Norwich website, there is now a table back and a league team here: THE COTTAGE, 9 SILVER ROAD, NORWICH NR3 4TB
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Post by tommo III on Apr 1, 2023 13:18:05 GMT
Here's a new non-League one on the Broads, just the Norfolk side of the border: LOCKS INN COMMUNITY PUB, LOCKS LANE, GELDESTON, NR BECCLES, NORFOLK NR34 0HW Idyllic setting: www.thelocksinn.com/Table rented from @cueabovetherest. Here's what it looks like:
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Post by taffy on Apr 2, 2023 10:04:04 GMT
Here's a new non-League one on the Broads, just the Norfolk side of the border: LOCKS INN COMMUNITY PUB, LOCKS LANE, GELDESTON, NR BECCLES, NORFOLK NR34 0HW Idyllic setting: www.thelocksinn.com/Table rented from @cueabovetherest. Here's what it looks like: View Attachmentmy favourite tables. A pre-war Sams, cues in the front and all that beautiful beading. weird to play on....like a narrow but a thing of real beauty! If I had 15 of them I couldn't be happier! Taffy
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Post by tommo III on Nov 4, 2023 15:22:05 GMT
This new non-league venue has been quoted on the Norwich BBL Facebook: Marlborough Arms, 43 Spencer Street, Norwich NR3 4PB Table takes the old sixpences, apparently!
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Post by tommo III on Jan 4, 2024 19:52:54 GMT
List of Archived venues
PIG AND WHISTLE, 2-8 ALL SAINTS GREEN, NORWICH, NR1 3NA. THE JUBILEE, 26 ST LEONARDS ROAD, NORWICH NR1 4BL ROSARY TAVERN, 95 ROSARY ROAD, NORWICH, NR1 4BX (founder members of League along with Kings Head)
WOOLPACK YARD, 2 MUSPOLE ST, NORWICH NR3 1DJ
PLASTERERS ARMS, 43 COWGATE, NORWICH NR3 1SZ
St Mary Magdalene Church Hall, Silver Road, Norwich NR3 4TF (venue for the first East Anglian Open in 2013)
CHERRY TREE (FORMERLY WAGGON & HORSES AND OVAL ROCK HOUSE) DEREHAM RD, NORWICH NR5 8TD
SHIP INN, 21 BEACH ROAD, MUNDESLEY, NORFOLK NR11 8BQ
HILL HOUSE, HAPPISBURGH, NORWICH NR12 0PW
REEDCUTTER P.H. & RESTAURANT, STATION RD, CANTLEY, NORFOLK NR13 3SH
SHIP INN, 18 THE STREET, SOUTH WALSHAM, NORWICH NR13 6DQ
THE BIRD IN HAND, CHURCH ROAD, WRENINGHAM, NORWICH NR16 1BJ
GREEN MAN, LITTLE SNORING, FAKENHAM NR21 0AY
THE PIGS, EDGEFIELD, MELTON CONSTABLE, NORFOLK NR24 2RL
KINGS HEAD, HIGH STREET, HOLT, NORFOLK NR25 6BN
KINGS ARMS, WESTGATE ST, BLAKENEY, NORFOLK NR25 7NQ
FISHERMANS RETURN, THE LANE, WINTERTON-ON-SEA, GT YARMOUTH NR29 4BN
WAVENEY ARMS, BURGH ST PETER, NORFOLK NR34 0BT
SANDRINGHAM BOWLS CLUB, WEST NEWTON, KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK PE31 6AY
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