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Hi Jean , not sure I downloaded the picture from the internet. Mike

Hi Mo , Have posted a picture of the short mat game , This is the type of surface we play on . Mike

HI mo, OUR INDOOR BOWLING IS DONE ON A CARPET LIKE SURFACE BUT IN ALLEYS, IT IS NOT SO DIFFICULT AS CROWN GREEN. IT IS STILL GOOD FUN. Mike

Hi Mo, Thanks for your reply, Here in the Midlands it is all Crown Green the flat green is down in the south of the U.K. The season is now finished here ( has been an awful summer) . I am starting indoor bowling this week , we play a short and long mat game. It keeps me out of mischief over the...

Hi Alf, Although I am still a novice, it sounds to me like the bowls you have are flat green bowls as they do come in a set of 4 were as crown green bowls are just a pair. Maybe a more seasoned bowler may confirm this. Mike

Hi just been reading the posts on crown green bowling , this is a sport I have just taken up and enjoying every moment . A great game and a very good social thing . Been back from holidays about 2 weeks now, we went to Menorca and the hotel had a great sports complex which included a bowling...

Thats correct Eric , she filled you pop bottle with a funnel , and the sweets were in the big brown trolley , but could not have any if you did not have your sweet coupon . Mike

Do any of you kinstandingites remember Mrs Phillips from No 100 Sidcup Road, she used to sell sweets and pop from her back kitchen ?

Hi Folks , thanks for al the wonderful stories and picture's of Kingstanding , bought back many happy thoughts of my childhood there.

Thanks Catkin . I just about rember the Jamboree I would have been about 12 at the time that was on. Do remember the fair at Powles pool .. Happy days

Hi Mike here, new to this website,great topics. Loved the one about Suton Park , spent many hour there when I was a kid, used to go for the day with my sandwich and a bottle of water. Thanks for the memory folks.