ECY Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Can anyone tell me where the snooker hall in the Balhousie road area was exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john.w Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Can anyone tell me where Bahousie Rd was in Perth was??? cause I don't know where the feck it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candalan Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Used to dodge school to go in the afternoon, but sorry, canny mind! Upstairs and the smoke, thats my keenest memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john.w Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Used to dodge school to go in the afternoon, but sorry, canny mind! Upstairs and the smoke, thats my keenest memory. Corner Kinnoull St and Atholl St Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintdunc Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Was it not next door to, what was Watson's chip shop, now a Chinese Takeaway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south inch Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Alec's Snooker Hall was at the bottom of Kinnoull St on the top floor of a building which was accessed from Carpenter St. From memory he had 8 tables one of which was kept covered for the "good" players. He had a boom time round about the time of the Paul Newman film "The Hustler" but closed late 60s (?). There was a snooker club above the Co-op electrical shop in South Methven St but I think that was members only. The one next to Watson's came much later when snooker became popular on TV.The one big difference between snooker in those days and what we see now on TV was the fact that nobody had heard of safety play. If you could not see a pot you just tried your luck and hoped for the best. We did know about side and screw though!PS My lawyers will sue anyone who says I had a misspent youth. Coltrane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abernethy Saint Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 I heard you had several. south inch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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