Wallops (Nine-Pins)

Children playing wallops, or nine-pins, in the street at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). The game is played by throwing a stick from a distance at nine wooden skittles/pins set out in square. The object of the game is to knock down all nine skittles in as few throws as possible. A group of men can be seen sitting on a bench, watching men from the village playing quoits on the grass verge. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1748. With ms. note. Card 5 in a series of 6.

Originally held in Photo File: Games.