10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKITTLE ALLEY»
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skittle alley in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Life and Works of Wolfgang Borchert
The motif of two men playing skittles reappears in "Die Kegelbahn" (The Skittle
Alley), told in a similarly feigned childlike style. Here, the two men are snipers
hiding in a hole in the ground. A head appears from another hole a little further
away: ...
Gordon J. A. Burgess, 2003
2
Raimund and Vienna: A Critical Study of Raimund's Plays in ...
This time a large summerhouse is painted on the backcloth and diagonally
across the stage stands a skittle alley. Many of the public houses of Vienna
possessed skittle alleys and they were a particularly popular form of
entertainment in the ...
3
Twenty-Five Years of Detective Life
I made many efforts to ascertain what was taking place in this club, but without
success, until I thought of a particular applicant who wished to enter the police '
force. He had obtained work at the “Skittle Alley,” a place well known in
Manchester ...
No dancing saloon open to the public, skating rink open to the public, bowling or
skittle alley open to the public, shooting gallery open to the public, merry-go-
round or swing-boat open to the public, or similar places of amusement open to
the ...
New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, 1803
5
Activities for Individual Learning Through Shape and Colour: ...
Our skittle alley In the previous section on cubes, I mentioned that we made
skittles from various cylinders which we used in our skittle alley. They are very
quick and simple to make and if you have tubes with bases and lids, the task is
even ...
6
The Sassenach from Ireland
from behind the little bar at the side of the unchanged skittle alley. Apart from a
few added laughter lines, they were exactly as he remembered them. “Excuse me
,” he asked them, “Do you have a daughter named Miranda in her late thirties or ...
7
Conceptions of Postwar German Masculinity
In his acclaimed short story "Die Kegelbahn" ("The Skittle Alley"), Borchert
succinctly describes the ambivalence of emotions and behaviors that arise from
fighting and killing. The epigraph that precedes the story reads as follows: We are
the ...
8
Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, ...
A SKITTLE ALLEY. established a skittle alley,—a game which had the merit of
being, at all events, as aristocratic in the eyes of the Chinese as any other, and of
giving us exercise wh.en it was impossible to face the rays of the sun, even as it ...
THE SKITTLE-ALLEY Two men had made a hole in the ground. It was quite
roomy and almost snug. Like a grave. It was bearable. In front of them they had a
gun. Somebody had invented it, so one could shoot at people with it. Mostly
people ...
Then, after getting back and washing and polishing pots, there'd been the
surprise when Tommy and JW had come over with the girls from Deptford, and
Tommy volunteering to look after the skittle alley so that Johnnie and JW could go
to the ...
Jean Jardine Miller, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKITTLE ALLEY»
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skittle alley is used in the context of the following news items.
Plans for Theale's Red Lion rear their head again
This is Red Line Land Ltd's third attempt to change the use of the pub, thought to date to pre-1879, to housing, along with demolishing the former skittle alley and ... «Newbury Weekly News Group, Jul 15»
East Lyng Fair to be revived by pub after 100 years
The skittle alley will be open and there will be stalls and a bouncy castle as well as an old fashioned coconut shy. Children will be well catered for with fancy ... «Somerset County Gazette, Jul 15»
Somerton Scouts seeking new leader ahead of 60th birthday …
Somerton Scouts is hosting a tea party as part of the town's Music and Arts Festival on July 4 at the Unicorn skittle alley from 10am to 4pm. Anyone who is ... «Western Gazette, Jun 15»
Welcome return for traditional village fete
The event is planned to be similar to a traditional village fete with attractions such as a skittle alley, welly throwing and guess the weight of the cake. «Frome Standard, May 15»
Sailors and skittles
The skittles were recycled belaying pins, formerly used to secure ropes on ships. The skittle alley woodwork was made from ships' timbers in Deptford Dockyard. «Crosswhatfields?, May 15»
Millionaire must demolish leisure centre in back garden because he …
'But the other night he had a practice with his skittle alley and it sounded like it was in my house.' Mr Wildin – who refuses to disclose how much the development ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
Pub with its own bowling alley voted best in the country by ale lovers
A tiny village pub has been voted the best in Britain by judges who were bowled over by its skittle alley and brilliant beer. The Salutation Inn, in Ham, ... «Mirror.co.uk, Feb 15»
Campaigners win protection for Tooting Constitutional Club
The site was established in 1917 as a working man's club and houses a billiards room, skittle alley and bowling green. The building dates back to about 1730 ... «Wandsworth Guardian, Feb 15»
Bristol Pub of the Week: The Star in Fishponds
Another reason for the disappearance of skittle alleys is because many pubs, especially rural ones, have turned these under-used spaces into more lucrative ... «Bristol Post, Jan 15»
Latest results from the local skittle alleys
WESTON Central Skittle League Division 1: St Johns B 559 (S Cooper 69) 10, Reptiles 552 (D Griffiths 58) 4; Wurzels 447 (R Morris 48) 2, Walnut B 474 (P ... «Weston & Somerset Mercury, Jan 15»
