BBC Archive | 1964: GETTING a FLOPPER in the OLD KING’S ARMS | Tonight | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive @BBCArchive | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 18 hours ago.
American ten-pin bowling may be invading Britain, but in the quiet village of Stockland, Devon, the grand old game of skittles will never be beat. Fyfe Robertson ventures into the country for skittles, pasties and beer.
And, for those curious, a ‘flopper’ in skittles is the equivalent of a 'strike' in ten-pin bowling (although this may be local to Devon - in skittles played in Dover, it's called a 'stick-up').
Clip taken from Tonight, originally broadcast on BBC Television, Thursday 2 April, 1964.
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American ten-pin bowling may be invading Britain, but in the quiet village of Stockland, Devon, the grand old game of skittles will never be beat. Fyfe Robertson ventures into the country for skittles, pasties and beer.
And, for those curious, a ‘flopper’ in skittles is the equivalent of a 'strike' in ten-pin bowling (although this may be local to Devon - in skittles played in Dover, it's called a 'stick-up').
Clip taken from Tonight, originally broadcast on BBC Television, Thursday 2 April, 1964.
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