Old Photograph Lawn Bowling Green Blackford Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of bowlers on the Lawn Bowling green in Blackford located five miles from Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland. Lawn bowling, or “ bowls ” has much literary and historical proof of being the real “ Sport of Kings. ” From the time of King Edward III, the game was restricted by royal decree to “ Noblemen and others having manors or lands. ” Successive kings played and enjoyed the game. Fortunately, no serious effort was made to impose these restrictions, and of course it did not apply to Scotland. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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