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I went candlepin bowling recently in Cambridge, MA, and it was a blast. Highly recommend. It must be a New England thing though since I haven't seen it outside
by headcanon 4y ago
I went candlepin bowling recently in Cambridge, MA, and it was a blast. Highly recommend. It must be a New England thing though since I haven't seen it outside of the region.
Most "regular" bowling alleys I know of are either dingy and reek of old cigarettes, or they're brand new, expensive, and tacky. I would love to have someplace to go to that had the prewar, old-school aesthetic I see a lot of these places having. Hopefully places like this continue to thrive.
- jghn 4y agoIt is indeed regional. Until not too many years it was almost impossible to find a ten pin bowling alley in the area. These days I just assume any new bowling alley is tenpin & not candlepin. We moved to MA in the mid-80s from the midwest. We bowled a lot as a family. But the candlepin was such an unexpected difference that we stopped bowling as much. Never really got used to it.
- Symbiote 4y agoFor something even older in style, there's skittles in England (Old England). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_(sport) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_(sport) https://m.youtube.com/shorts/RFggl8H8UXQ https://m.youtube.com/shorts/RFggl8H8UXQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QGOkNCZbzWk https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QGOkNCZbzWk (not the best video, but very much how I remember it from a couple of visits to similar places as a child.)