The Curling History Blog's guru, and my good friend, David Smith, has been ill for some months. I welcome his return to health with this...

When Archibald, 13th Earl of Eglinton, died in 1861 at the early age of forty nine he was, according to the Oxford Dictionary of National Bi...

As the Royal Caledonian Curling Club’s diamond jubilee approached in 1898 much thought was given as to how to celebrate the important event....

There are stray accounts of ladies indulging in the 'ancient, manly game' of curling from the second decade of the nineteenth centur...

It might be asserted that the modern era of curling in Scotland began on 9 October 1895, for in that day’s Glasgow Herald there was publish...

The Rules of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club provide in relation to the 'House', which is defined as 'the area within the outs...

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 ...