Curling History
Thursday, February 12, 2015

The Royal Caledonian Curling Club's Railway Station

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by Bob Cowan The possible advantages of railways in transporting curlers and their stones to compete in bonspiels had been recognised as...
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Thursday, January 08, 2015

The Gilmour Trophies

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by Bob Cowan In a previous post ( here ) I wrote about Lady Henrietta Gilmour, a pioneer of women's curling in Scotland at the end o...
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...
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