Before Valleys and Gold Crowns ….

[garczar]

jims room salem

When i picture a poolroom this is what i see. Too cool.

 

[misterpoole]

is that jims room?

yes. The cue ball

 

[eastcoast_chris]

This is the club in Halifax, N.S., Canada

I played there from the early 90s till it closed around 2010. (moved to another location and then moved again. Now permanently closed as of about 4 years ago)

Photo from January 1950 ... all 5x10 snooker tables. At least I think they are 5x10 ? Might be 6x12s, as there where still two there when I started playing there. Replaced with 4.5x9 GCIIIs

 

[George the Greek]

This is the club in Halifax, N.S., Canada

I played there from the early 90s till it closed around 2010. (moved to another location and then moved again. Now permanently closed as of about 4 years ago)

Photo from January 1950 ... all 5x10 snooker tables. At least I think they are 5x10 ? Might be 6x12s, as there where still two there when I started playing there. Replaced with 4.5x9 GCIIIs

Look like Anniversaries! Where was that room Chris?

 

[Lawnboy77]

Old pool room...anniversaries

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I love this pic! A time capsule for sure. Those old halls were the closest thing to a quantum leap. The old halls with the sheet metal ceilings were especially interesting to me. The only updates those places ever got were new paint every now and then.

 

[j2pac]

What were the common tables you’d see if you walked into a pool hall?

I know that whenever I walked in and saw Dynamo bar boxes...I walked out.

 

[j2pac]

Old pool room...anniversaries

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Is it just me, or is that a cathedral?

 

[SBC]

Anniv

What were the common tables you’d see if you walked into a pool hall?

Anniversary 's and possibly Centennials

 

[Sheldon]

Old pool room...anniversaries

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I love that place, been there a hundred times.

 

[Mensabum]

When i started (around late '79ish) there were a couple spots in Tulsa that had the old wood B'wicks but i pretty much grew-up on GC's&Valley's. Might see a IK barbox occasion. and a random Gandy 9ft but GC's and V's ruled the roost.

In St. Louis it's was all old Brunswicks, Crowns, Gandys and A E Schmidts.

 

[eastcoast_chris]

Look like Anniversaries! Where was that room Chris?

Salter Street. Free Mason's building. It was originally called the "Cue and Cushion" then "Locas Billiards" later on. Now a restaurant "Ragazzi Restobar"

Some more info here; http://www.billiardsforum.com/biz/locas-billiards-halifax

 

[George the Greek]

Salter Street. Free Mason's building. It was originally called the "Cue and Cushion" then "Locas Billiards" later on. Now a restaurant "Ragazzi Restobar"

Some more info here; http://www.billiardsforum.com/biz/locas-billiards-halifax

Thanks! It's always a sad day seeing places close and the old style poolrooms are probably all gone.

 

[Rickhem]

One of the things I remember most about those are bar tables, they were not custom cue stick friendly. They had big metal corners sharp edges you can really wreck your cue on those tables.

Not friendly to leaning over for a shot either. Here's one I posted before here, and I was told that this was probably an old Irving Kaye bar box.

 

[MickyD]

What were the common tables you’d see if you walked into a pool hall?

Nationals - 1970's.....

 

[Fatboy]

I only started playing in the early 90's, and it was all GC's then. GC's came out in 1961. Before then, wouldn't it have been the other Brunswick commercial models, and some 10' models as well?

Was there even a "bar table" before Valley? They came out in the 1950's, right?

Newby……

Lol

Just kidding

Hope your good,
Fatboy