Stanley Park Bowling Greens

• Stephen Cheatley in his YouTube post highlighted suggestions that part of the 6 unused bowling greens might be used as a car park.

I hope not.

I've always found it a disappointment to find these crown greens unused and neglected since moving to the town nearly 4 years ago.

My grandparents were keen crown green  bowlers and my grandad, Alf, was often winning cups in his hometown of Huddersfield. 40 -odd years ago my brother and I played flat green bowls in Hemel Hempstead, but I haven't done much since those times.

 I've got a set of woods. Used them once, about 10 years ago and got a trapped nerve in my buttock, and haven't  tried it since.

 I've also got a set of metal boules, the French game, I think, and I'd love to play that if anyone fancies that let me know. Perhaps part of one of these 6 unused greens could be used? It would need adapting as 'a dedicated playing area for boules-type games are typically large, level, rectangular courts made of flattened earth, gravel, or crushed stone, enclosed in wooden rails or back boards' (Wikipedia).

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