Curling History
Tuesday, June 18, 2019

The women curlers who first took to the ice in Switzerland

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I have written before about the women who took up the sport of curling at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centu...
Thursday, June 13, 2019

Roll Curling

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At first sight this looks like a normal Welsh Trefor curling stone, with a chrome handle, dating from the 1960s. But there's a discove...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Peter Thomson, Baker, and the 'Curling: made in Scotland' Exhibition

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The curling history exhibition, 'Curling: made in Scotland', opened today (February 20, 2019) at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The Scotti...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

The curling stones at the bottom of the ocean

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On the evening of September 3, 1939, the SS Athenia was torpedoed by a German U-boat, the first UK ship to be sunk in such a way in WW2. T...
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Friday, February 01, 2019

The Curling Image Project: Midterm Report

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  The Curling Image Project is taking a bit of a break, as I contemplate a house move over the next few months. The image above is a good ...

The Curling Image Project (Week 22)

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CIP-148. Winners of the 'British Open' at Falkirk in 1972. L-R: Bill Carruthers (second), Willie Young (lead and skip), Jim Steele...
Friday, January 25, 2019

The Curling Image Project (Week 21)

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CIP-141. In 1970, the incoming Canadian tourists lost the Strathcona Cup but 'won all hearts' during their four-week programme. He...
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