West Avenue, Recreation Ground / A Historic Bowls, Tennis, Croquet, Quoits, Curling Ground in Gosforth

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West Avenue, Recreation Ground

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17038

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20 Nov 2024

Bowls, Tennis, Croquet, Quoits, Curling

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1902

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Gosforth

Gosforth Recreation Company (1897), Gosforth Bowling Club

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The Gosforth Recreation Company was formed in 1897 to create a private members' club for bowls, lawn tennis, croquet, quoits and curling. The scheme cost £2,600. the bowling green opened in may 1902. Gosforth Bowling Club had around 100 members in 2010.

'Sketches of The Coal Mines in Northumberland and Durham' T.H.Hair, published in 1844

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