Hey Jam, I started to play pool in 1966 and girls were not allowed then either. Even if they had been they would have taken one look at the stinky bathroom and ran out the door! LOL, it was the same place Jimmy Reid grew up playing in, shoe shine parlor in the front and all.
Dan
Back in the late '70s, early '80s, a road player named Geese and I went on the road down south. The first stop was in Petersburg, Virginia. There was a pool hall that was in an old wooden building with a big front porch. On the front door was a big sign that said "No Women Allowed."
I walked right in there with Geese, carrying my case. We didn't get any action, therefore didn't stay long, but I was proud that I had the nerve to walk in there as a woman. :grin-square:
When I was 16 years old, I went to a boarding school in Wickatunk, New Jersey. It was out in the country. The nearest town was Matawan, a real small town. On the front door of the drug store in Matawan was a sign that said "No Hippies Allowed."
If only I had a camera back then for those two front doorways. Priceless and a part of history! :smile:
