Curling History
Thursday, December 11, 2014

Henrietta Gilmour: Pioneer Woman Curler

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by Bob Cowan The photo above can be found in the magazine Hearth and Home of March 14, 1895. It depicts four women on the ice, and is p...
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Monday, November 10, 2014

The Stone Collector

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by Bob Cowan Most involved in Scottish curling will have come across the name of Andrew Henderson Bishop. The trophy he presented and wh...
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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Scotland's Sporting Buildings

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Book reviewed by David B Smith One of the most remarkable - and least publicised - 'by-products' of the Commonwealth Games in Gl...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

A Sculptured Relief by Rolf Brem

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by David B Smith On a recent surf of the internet seeking items of curling interest I was quite surprised to see in a Swiss auction hous...
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Friday, August 08, 2014

Naval Surgeon John Gibson, and Curling on the Columbia River in 1847

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by Bob Cowan It is often glibly stated that Scotsmen took the sport of curling wherever they went, especially in North America. It is rare...
Thursday, June 05, 2014

The Grand Match at Linlithgow 1848

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by Bob Cowan This week has seen Charles Lees's painting of the Grand Match at Linlithgow Loch, beautifully restored, go on display i...
Friday, May 23, 2014

The 'Manly Game of Balls': A Substitute for Curling in 1846

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David Smith writes: Until the arrival in Scotland of indoor ice rinks, the ice of which was made by machine and did not depend on the clim...
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