Curling History
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Ladies Do Not Curl

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“Ladies do not curl – on the ice. The Rational Dress Association has not yet secured for them the freedom that is necessary to fling the ch...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

The Bell Quaich

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Faed Sproat was a weel kent farmer and curler from the Stewartry of Kirkcubrightshire from the early 1930s onwards. His mother club was Anwo...
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Sunday, January 02, 2011

The First International Match: England v Scotland

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It should perhaps be remembered, at a time like the present, when the English organisers of the Four Nations Match have been crying out for ...
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Monday, December 20, 2010

Grand Matches

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This year’s unaccustomedly early onset of really cold weather and the chaotic traffic conditions thereby brought about caused me to think ab...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

Curling Lighters: Part 2

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I recently wrote about the wonderful variety of table lighters which the game of curling had spawned, see here . This second piece on the to...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

Curling Memorabilia on Flog It

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BBC's Flog It programme broadcast a segment in 2005 with presenter Paul Martin being shown some of David B Smith's collection of cur...
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Monday, October 04, 2010

Curling Lighters: Part 1

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The Table Lighter In its heyday the custom of smoking was all-pervasive. For many a decade no film star could be photographed without a lit ...
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