Curling History
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

The story behind the photograph

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Click on the photo to see it larger size Old-Time Bonspiel in Edinburgh I recently came across a photograph of a group of curlers posing in ...
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Saturday, February 06, 2010

The Widgerys at Breakfast

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The magazine Funny Folks that ran from 1874 until 1894 commenced a series of humorous pieces in February 1886, entitled The Widgerys at Bre...
Monday, January 18, 2010

A blether about some favourite medals

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Most clubs have, if not an actual medal, a note in their minute book that shows that they once had a medal. For a long period – from the beg...
Monday, January 11, 2010

The Grand Match of 2010 That Never Was

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It was not without some justification that a journalist from The Observer in 1963 described curling’s largest outdoor bonspiel as 'spor...
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Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Clarissa and the Wild Scotsmen

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This photo was taken on Coodham Loch on January 3, 2010, as a number of enthusiasts were enjoying a great day curling on outside ice (photos...
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Aberdeen and curling

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The forthcoming European Curling Championships at Aberdeen are my excuse for passing on some facts about the early history of the game in Ab...
Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Curling's High Flyers

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Last August I posted a piece about a game held high in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland but also deep within a glacier (see here) . It was, o...
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