RIP HRH The Prince Philip. Here he is, in the summer of 1964, having just been elected President of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, presenting the TB Murray Trophy to skip Bill Horton, at Falkirk Ice Rink.
This illustration, by Colin Hunter McQueen, appeared on the front cover of the autumn 2006 issue of the Burns Chronicle, which contained an article with the evidence that Rabbie Burns WAS a curler. More about Burns and curling here: curlinghistory.blogspot.com/… #CurlingHistory
Here's an article for real fans of Men With Brooms: curlinghistory.blogspot.com/… #CurlingHistory
This Royal Caledonian Curling Club Local Medal was awarded to the Moscow CC, and played for in 1888. It is probably the only remaining artefact of curling in Russia pre-revolution. More about Local Medals here: curlinghistory.blogspot.com/… #CurlingHistory
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This image is from the Illustrated London News of January 7, 1854. It shows Fingask curlers playing 'Points'. More about 'Points' play here: curlinghistory.blogspot.com/… #CurlingHistory #ThePointsGame
Could this be a reproduction of part of a lost 1912 Olympic Gold medal painting by Carlo Pellegrini? Story of the search is here: curlinghistory.blogspot.com/…
#CarloPellegrini #StockholmOlympics1912 #OlympicArtCompetitions #CurlingHistory
Burnock Waters, Crawfordjohns, Carsphairn Reds and Tinkernhills were types of curling stone you could buy in 1890. Where did these come from? See: sites.google.com/view/histor…
And here's my take on the new project and map: curlinghistory.blogspot.com/… #CurlingHistory
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This group of curlers, from Wanlockhead, had a successful season in 1911-12, see here: curlinghistory.blogspot.com/… #CurlingHistory #WanlockCurlingClub #GrandMatch
The 1969 Air Canada Silver Broom World Curling Championships. Canada, Ron Northcott, with Dave Gerlach, Bernie Sparkes and Fred Storey, came out on top. The picture, by Michael Burns, shows the team with Air Canada's Yves Pratte. More: curlinghistory.blogspot.com/…
Some thoughts on collecting old curling event programmes: curlinghistory.blogspot.com/… #CurlingHistory
There are not many reports of women's curling in Victorian times, but the Dumfries and Galloway Standard has a fascinating article of a woman skip who broke her arm, but continued to play, in 1879 at Cargen, near Dumfries, see here: curlinghistory.blogspot.com/…
The curling and skating rink at Crossmyloof opened in 1907, and hosted the first indoor Grand Match in April 1908. The story is here: curlinghistory.blogspot.com/… #CurlingHistory #IndoorGrandMatch
Here's action from the 'Ladies Cup', at Villars, Switzerland, in the 1920-21 season. Note the skaters watching. Full story is here: curlinghistory.blogspot.com/… #CurlingHistory
And here is the winning rink: (L-R) Miss E Anderson, Miss M N Osborne (skip) with the trophy, Miss Gordon Paterson and Miss Walter. But who were these pioneering curlers on holiday in Switzerland? #CurlingHistory
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A Curler Prepares
by Léon Benigni for Femina Magazine
December 1929
#Curling 🥌 – at Edinburgh, Scotland
Here's my hero who invented the slide delivery, Ken Watson (on the left), with the Ernie Richardson team arriving in Scotland in 1959 for the first Scotch Cup matches. My article about 'Mr Curler', and the books he wrote, is here: curlinghistory.blogspot.com/…
I love the idea of curling in the dark at Hogmanay with the ice just lit by lamps. And then getting the train home at 1am. OK, so it was 1886/7: curlinghistory.blogspot.com/… #CurlingHistory #Hogmanaycurling Happy New Year!
Christmas Eve in 1935 was special for Scotland's curlers. The 35th Grand Match on the Royal Club's pond at Carsebreck! The story is here: curlinghistory.blogspot.com/… #CurlingHistory
Here are the two teams from the Monzievaird and Strowan CC, winners of the Grand Match Challenge Trophy in 1935. Mrs Boothby was lead on one of the teams. Pic is from the David Smith archive. #CurlingHistory
