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These of course provided a popular recreation for the boys. Billiards does not seem to have some of the adverse ethical connottions common in America and illustrated in one of Professor Hill's song from "Music Man". Billards and Snooker was more of a gentleman's game in Britain. The tables are used in a variety of ways. There is free time recreational usage as well as competations organized. Generally it is mostly boys interested. The competitions are both individual competitions and house competitions.
Members of the league this year have been: Anscombr, Ashby, Budibent, O. Burns, J. Doust, Hinton, Keymer, King, Latham, Nesbitt, N. Walker and Webb. Each of the participants has sacrificed a fair amount of his free time to play games of billiards, pool, slosh, and snooker. .... Keymer has been the league champion in each of the three termsanf he has also achieved four maximum rounds. Walker gained one maximum round. Only two members of the league will still be here next term and we look forward to seeing a new intake of younger players joining them in battles on the green baize.
JRW, Great Walstead Magazine 1987.
Yhere have, as usual, been a number of competition going on, and pool has proved to be as popular as ever in the Autumn and Spring Terms: the table is rarely free in the Summer Term either for that matter!
The Bramcote Magazine, Autumn 1984.
