{"id":865,"date":"2011-03-14T13:01:07","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T13:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/?p=865"},"modified":"2011-08-15T14:51:34","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T13:51:34","slug":"home-carpet-bowls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/home-carpet-bowls\/","title":{"rendered":"Home carpet bowls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before the computer age of home entertainment, before video recorders or the internet, adults entertained friends by using there vintage boxed set of home carpet biased bowls in  the 1960 and 70&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>If you owned a set, you would know the frustration of never having a hallway wide enough or a lounge long enough to cater for your set of indoor carpet bowls.<br \/>\nThe set would normally contain 8 bowls and a rules pamphlet.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_866\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/home-bowls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-866\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/home-bowls.jpg\" alt=\"Seventies favorite - Home carpet bowls \" title=\"home-bowls\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" class=\"size-full wp-image-866\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/home-bowls.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/home-bowls-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/home-bowls-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/home-bowls-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Home carpet bowls with rules<\/p><\/div><\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>If children ever got a chance to play, it was hard not to go for the smashing marbles technique, subtlety didn&#8217;t often come out at the stage of my life.<\/p>\n<p>Indoor carpet bowls would normally come with a typical setting of 2 bias and would be a great way to get the taste of bowls on grass. 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