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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

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