Curling History
Monday, August 29, 2016

David's Wall

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When the new season begins at Ayr Ice Rink in a couple of weeks, curlers arriving to play will be met by this new construction on Limekiln...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

The Curlers at Rawyards

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'The Curlers at Rawyards' is a nineteenth century painting that shows the sport of curling. It was painted by John Levack in 1857 ...
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Tuesday, March 08, 2016

When World Junior Curling Came to Glasgow in 1991

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by Bob Cowan In 1991 these eight young curlers had just won the Scottish Junior Curling Championships and were getting ready to represen...
Sunday, February 21, 2016

The first curling songs

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The earliest printed booklet specifically about curling is from the eighteenth century. It is a collection of songs. Songs for the Curli...
Monday, February 08, 2016

Pondhunting 'Cairnie ponds' and 'Sprinkle rinks'

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It's been a while since I wrote about the project to map the 'Historical Curling Places'. See that post here . The project c...
Monday, January 25, 2016

Robert Burns and Curling

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Robert Burns was born on January 25, 1759. This may have been his curling stone ... but probably not. It certainly dates from the eighteen...
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Sunday, January 10, 2016

The Escape Curling Cup

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Over the years David Smith wrote many articles about curling history. Many of these appeared in printed publications, predating the Web. I...
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