Bowling alleys became the meeting place for bored teenagers and ten pin bowling was soon striking it rich. These photos look back on an incredibly popular sport, which is still going strong today, and focuses on Super Bowl, Premier Bowling in Centra Drive, Fleetwood’s Cala Gran and Savoy Bowling. Did you visit these places?
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1. Ten Pin Bowling memories
This picture from 1995 highlighted Premier's 'super hi-tech facilities' Photo: National World
2. Ten Pin Bowling memories
This was February 1990 - Michelle Morris was checking out the bowling shoes ready for customers. The caption doesn't say where though? Photo: National World
4. Ten Pin Bowling memories
Ten Pin Bowling at the Savoy on Blackpool seafront in 1964. What a great picture of nostalgia Photo: National World
6. Ten Pin Bowling memories
This was Cala Gran, probably mid 1980s. The car was 'spreading the word' and it displayed Fleetwood's own dialling code '03917' Photo: National World