Wallops (Nine-Pins)

Description

Children playing wallops, or nine-pins, in the street at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). The game is played by throwing a stick from a distance at nine wooden skittles/pins set out in square. The object of the game is to knock down all nine skittles in as few throws as possible. A group of men can be seen sitting on a bench, watching men from the village playing quoits on the grass verge. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1749. With ms. note. Card 5 in a series of 6. Originally held in Photo File: Games.

Metadata

Identifier ksdwsgb1
IRN 412698
Class Mark LAVC/PHO/P1748
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/ksdwsgb1
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Games: Photocards
Creator(s) Kissling, Werner
Date June-August 1964
Size and Medium 1 mounted photographic print.

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