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General => Worcester Chit Chat => Topic started by: deacon on October 21, 2012, 11:35:19 AM

Title: pool hall
Post by: deacon on October 21, 2012, 11:35:19 AM

anyone ever go into the pool hall next to old loews poli theater,,,,,it was down the stairs and had a bowling alley to

Title: Re: pool hall
Post by: MikeWilsonSr on October 22, 2012, 05:57:21 AM

I sure did.  It was called Recreation Bowling Alley.  Candlepin bowling and it was 4 games for a $1.00.  If you walked down to the Strand Bowling Alley which was next to Plymouth theater, it was 5 games for a $1.00.  It was also downstairs off of Exchange Street (I think).

Title: Re: pool hall
Post by: deacon on October 29, 2012, 08:26:55 AM

did you know gunga,,or gypsy, there was a whole cast of characters

Title: Re: pool hall
Post by: MikeWilsonSr on October 30, 2012, 04:41:12 AM

Those names do not ring a bell.  I went there mostly for the bowling and that was when I was younger.  When I got older and skipped school, I shot most of my pool at someplace on the second floor of a building on Main street.  It was on the west side of Main Street between Pleasant and Foster Walnut street I think.

Title: Re: pool hall
Post by: deacon on November 11, 2012, 10:52:12 AM

vaugely i remember across main street from the rec,,,i think there was a pool hall on the second floor,,,im talking like in between high street and austin on the st pauls church side of main st.

Title: Re: pool hall
Post by: MikeWilsonSr on November 14, 2012, 07:31:08 AM

You could be right on the location Deacon as my recollection is vague too.  It was over 40 years ago.

Title: Re: pool hall
Post by: deacon on April 12, 2014, 04:47:27 PM

willy have you seen jacky sweeney lately,,i think hes gone from beaconsfield