Tyne and Wear HER(16999): Whitley Bay, Victoria Park Bowling Green - Details
16999
Newcastle
Whitley Bay, Victoria Park Bowling Green
Whitley Bay
NZ37SW
Recreational
Ball Sports Site
Bowling Club
Modern
C20
Extant Building
The Rockcliffe Bowling and Tennis Club was founded in 1925. The bowling green is publicly owned (the working class bowlers could not afford to set up a private club). The unusual timber clubhouse, painted green and white, is built onto the end of a row of terraced houses (Cheviot View).
3602
7209
NZ36027209
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 138