Resident historic sports writer Pete Welsh has written an incredibly detailed piece on the life and professional times of James Rowan,...

As a follow up to his excellent Draughts piece, Peter explores another forgotten working class sport. One where pitmen hurled whinstone...

Pitmen did not just work in the rough and tumble of industrial Durham - they competed for cash and a crack at local fame too. Widely...

Billiards, draughts and other pub games formed the cornerstone of leisure time in the 19th century, and still persists today though pale...