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== The Game of Bowls<ref>''<small>Article contributed by Jane Branson, Secretary of the Hoole Ladies Bowling Club, January 2021</small>''</ref> ==
[[File:5LRH1 Bowls Advertisment April 1842.jpg|thumb|<small>''Bowls AdvertismentAdvertisement April 1842''</small>|alt=]]
Bowling has been a popular pastime for centuries and in April 1842 the landlord of the Ermine and Railway Hotel in Flookersbrook was pleased to announce “''the addition of a splendid bowling green''”.
[[File:5LRH2 Bowls Advertisment May 1834.jpg|left|thumb|''<small>Bowls AdvertismentAdvertisement May 1834</small>''|alt=]]