Memories from 7 years ago by looking at the August 2018 version of the HDVBA Newsletter.

I've always considered transparency and good communications as important for any League and a newsletter was a good means of doing both.

The introduction of the Federation of Crown Green Bowling was everywhere except Huddersfield. Why was that?

Ten years ago Kirklees Council paid for a full review of their sporting facilities which produced a 110-page report. Your copy is here.

Going back to 2013 and the internal fighting to save Albion BC which was always doomed to fail.

Bill Blackburn turns to reviewing the cost of joining a bowling club and asks if bowling is under-priced,

The 1975 Huddersfield Champion-of-Champions was a 15-years-old schoolboy. What a story!

The writing was on the wall for the rocky future of the Blackpool Waterloo after it all blew up in 2003.

A new rule on smoking on the green compared with how such things were viewed 24 years ago.

A gap in press records results in a detour back to the year 2000 to pick up the story of local bowling history in the new Millennium.

Finals Day of the Huddersfield Champion-of-Champions and the top two Yorkshire CCGBA team competitions.

The 21 Years history series moves on to 2004 with very different press coverage from Halifax and Scarborough.

The start of the 1975 bowling season and Peter Muff looks at the Huddersfield League line-ups as well as Meltham and Lindley Lib news.

How should the BCGBA judge itself on how successful they are? Should it be how much money they have in the bank or a different measure?

Press coverage of Huddersfield bowler Roy Sutton winning a BCGBA prestigious title in 2002.

Another dip back in time to 1975. Do you remember Gledhill Sports BC or a time when over 400 bowlers entered a local competition?

The matchday programme and score records for the 2001 Yorkshire Handicap held at Spen Victoria with ample local interest.

Our new series covers the first 21 years of bowling in the 21st Century with a Yorkshire confrontation on administration rights in 2000.

A step back in time to March 1969 as the Huddersfield League published it's setup for the new season.

We know that bowlers love the stories that delve deep into bowling history and we have a new series of memories coming right through March.