Vintage Bowling "Alleys"

[Timeshare Von]

As many of you know, I am working for the bowling industry here in Wisconsin. I have posted a lot of photos of some of our member centers . . . as well as "bars, taverns, pizzerias and supper clubs" with bowling lanes. Wisconsin is ripe with VINTAGE bowling!

This past Sunday, my association (Bowling Centers Association of Wisconsin) hosted what is believed to be the first "Vintage Alleys Tour" ever held . . . at least to industry media sources. Think "Napa Valley Wine Tour meets Old School Bowling." It was a really great experience.

Leading up to the event, we got some local press (online here & print). We were fortunate to have journalists join us from the two major state papers (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Wisconsin State Journal). Here is the article that was published Wednesday in the Milwaukee newspaper . . . with ONLINE version up on Tuesday. The Wisc. State Journal will be publishing this coming Sunday.

I thought folks may be interested given the interest in my photos I share here.

I will leave you with this video I posted on my personal Facebook page on Sunday night. In it, our group is bowling on vintage 1914 bowling lanes (2 of them) that still us manual (human) pinsetters (aka "pinboys"). The lanes were recently fully restored to their 1914 glory! The video has literally gone viral . . . with nearly 1,000 shares and over 85k views since Sunday night!

I hope you enjoy the roll down memory lane(s)!
Von

 

[Timeshare Von]

Here are just a few photos from our day . . .

 

[T-Dot-Traveller]

Hi Yvonne ,
Your " vintage bowling" prior posts inspired me to visit one near where we have a cottage in Ontario.
Fall 2016 -our son was living there working at a local restaurant . I visited mid week on one of his nights off and we went bowling 20 minutes away in Zurich Ontario population 865 or so .
and 6 kilometres inland from Lake Ontario

Town and Country Bowling Lanes Zurich ON ( good pictures if you google )
6 lanes - 5 pin - opened in 1960

daughter lives upstairs and manages it for her mom
who bought it in 2015 .

Near Grand Bend ,Bayfield , & Goderich - which are all right on the lake
about 90 minutes from the Bluewater Bridge connecting Port Huron Michigan & Sarnia Ontario .

FUN

 

[Timeshare Von]

That's awesome! I'm happy to know my efforts "inspire" folks to go bowling! Thank you!!!

 

[Timeshare Von]

For anyone interested in reading an outstanding article covering our event on Sunday 10/29, check out the Wisconsin State Journal's online version. This article includes photos and some great video from each place we visited and bowled in. It was also picked up by the LaCrosse Tribune . . . both carried the story on the Sunday paper's front page!

 

[Timeshare Von]

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I will leave you with this video I posted on my personal Facebook page on Sunday night. In it, our group is bowling on vintage 1914 bowling lanes (2 of them) that still us manual (human) pinsetters (aka "pinboys"). The lanes were recently fully restored to their 1914 glory! The video has literally gone viral . . . with nearly 1,000 shares and over 85k views since Sunday night!

I hope you enjoy the roll down memory lane(s)!
Von

As of this morning . . . less than 10 days since it was posted . . . this video has nearly 350,000 views and over 4,200 shares . . . worldwide! Pretty amazing stuff.