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For Brits and Anglophiles!
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 4:37 am
by Tami
Here's some classic 1970s TV from the People's Republic of Yorkshire, hosted by the legendary Fred Trueman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOlEYNlSZ44Enjoy!
Re: For Brits and Anglophiles!
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:50 am
by emeraldemon
what's the game where he swings a ball on a tether to hit the 9 pegs?
Re: For Brits and Anglophiles!
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 6:46 pm
by Tami
That's called "Bar Skittles". Quite a few of those games are sadly pretty much extinct now.
Re: For Brits and Anglophiles!
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:27 pm
by BobC
There was a kind of one dimensional Go played in British pubs at one time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shove_ha'pennyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shove_ha%27penny1.JPGThe rumor is that 3000 years ago the Chinese saw this game.. put on an extra set of lines and Go was created...
