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“Scotman's” or “Scotsman's”? Whereas most official maps and documents since 1908 have referred to the body of water here as Scotman's Flash, many local people still persist in calling it Scotsman's Flash. In fact the latter more accurately reflects its early history as a venue for curling, the Scottish winter sport popularised in this area by the Earls of Crawford and Balcarres at nearby Haigh Hall. An article in the 7 July 1900 edition of the Wigan Observer & District Advertiser, entitled “Lakeland in Wigan”, confirms this association and the origin of the name:
“The country between Bamfurlong and Wigan, through which the canal travels, was once level with the water line, but it has sunk something like 30ft and the land for a great portion of the distance, along the canal on either side is now lying upwards of 20ft, in places, below the water level. At the best of times there is a flood, and the low lying country is covered with a flash of water... It is lakeland in Wigan hereabouts. It is the haunt of the coot and the wild duck. In Wigan? Yes. There is sport at home. You may shoot in summer, if you will*, and skate in winter, if you like. As for fishing, well you may fish, of course, if you catch nothing. But fish there be. It was this place, too, that the canny Scotsmen of Wigan and district chose for a curling rink. If you read [J M] Barrie's “Little Minister” [published 1891] you will remember that Thrums had its “Rashie-bog” on which the weaver played the laird. “A terrible snare, this curling” didn't the doctor say to the little minister? He had known “the minister” wait until midnight struck on the Sabbath and then be off to Rashie-bog with a torch. And then, again, wasn't there a minister, if you remember, that told his session he would neither preach nor pray while the black frost lasted? What was the confession of the doctor to the little minister? “I've been in love myself”, said he, “It's bad but it's nothing to curling”. Scotsmen must curl, wherever they may be -and where are they not?- and this was the Rashie-bog for the Scotsmen of Wigan.
It was James Hogg that sang:-“There's no game that ne'er I saw; Can match old Scotland's channel stone”. And it was here that they came to roll “the witching channel stone”. With each of them it was “the roarin' rink for me, boys”, as Alexander Maclagan has it. A Scotsman must curl. The place got its sobriquet of the “Scotsman's Flash” from this association. But one cannot expect a real Highlanderman to be forever satisfied with sport in such Lowlands and so, after a time, he migrated to Red Rock where he now plays when the ice holds...”
Writing in 1890, John Kerr says in his “History of Curling: Scotland's Ain Game”: “The introduction of curling into countries furth of Scotland has always been the work of Scotsmen... The Wigan Club had, in 1866, as many as 168 members on its roll, much of its early success being due to its first president, James Wood of Haigh, factor [agent] to the patron of the club, the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres”. The Lindsay family (which had acquired the Haigh Estate through marriage in the 18th century) has deep roots in Scotland, their Crawford title having been bestowed originally by the Scottish King Robert II in 1398. Around 1855 the 24th Earl of Crawford and 7th of Balcarres summoned from his latter estate in Fife the farm bailiff, Alexander Laing, to take up a similar position at Haigh. With him came his wife and a number of other Fife workers with their families. This southward migration between the Lindsays' Scottish and English estates continued into the next decade –preserved among the Haigh Estate papers at Wigan Archives is a letter of 18 September 1869 to James Wood from his Fife counterpart, ref. D/D Hai/C2/1869/189, enquiring about the safe arrival of “the nine Highlanders” he had sent -and it may be assumed that these men formed the nucleus of the Wigan & Haigh Curling Club in the years immediately following its foundation in 1861.
Unfavourable conditions at this site and tensions between the Club and local mining interests** seem to have prompted the W&HCC to relocate, via a pond near Martland Mill Bridge and possibly others in the Standish/Red Rock area, to a purpose-built curling pond on the Haigh Estate itself. This can still be seen immediately south-east of the Copperas Lane/New Road junction.
*NB. This is a historical piece, and shooting is now strictly prohibited.
**Estate Papers ref. D/D Hai/C2/1869/167 (30 Jul. 1869): Mr. Robert Gibson, Secretary to the Haigh Curling Club to Mr. James Wood. Informs Mr. Wood that they had received a notice from Mr. Knowles stating that if they flooded the curling pond again they would be liable to pay a rent of £10. 10s. 0d. per annum.
Generic crew, extra-warm, reinforced heel and toe, and with a duplicate-stitch 'pre-darn' on the wear point above the right toe where my favourite curler always wears through his socks first.
I've busy this week curling. I was in a couple of 'for fun' tournaments. They are not to be taken seriously, but it was nice to be on the team that won this. I also won one of the door prizes, which paid for my entry fee.
Tittel / Title: Curling
Motiv / Motif: Postkort.
Dato / Date: ca 1930
Fotograf / Photographer: ukjent / unknown
Utgiver / Publisher: Mittet & Co.
Sted / Place: ukjent / unknown
Eier / Owner Institution: Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway
Lenke / Link: www.nb.no
Bildesignatur / Image Number: blds_04885
We called this dark-faced buck in with some sparring rattles followed by a buck bellow. Biologists call lip curling the Flehmen response. It facilitates the transfer of pheromones and other scents into the vomeronasal organ located above the roof of the mouth via a duct which exits just behind the front teeth of the animal. Deer are not the only ungulates that exhibit this ability.
Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Taken after me and my brother went to see women's curling. I didn't even realize I had any more Blockbuster pictures, but this is even more historic because it was during our Olympics.
Toronto Curling Club (Red Jacket Rink) & Caledonian Match, Don River. Toronto, Ont.
Creator:Unknown
Date: 1870?
Identifier:JRR 1061 Cab I or T 13361 or MTL 1192
Format: Picture
Rights: Public domain
Courtesy: Toronto Public Library Digital Archive
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Our local pond has been heavily frozen so many have been out curling on the pond so I took the opportunity to get some photos. Curling is a Scottish sport and pastime now played worldwide. For info on curling check out this site:-
Curling is a sport that is played on ice. The objective of the game is to slide a large, round, flat stones across the surface (aka ice curling sheet) toward the mark (aka house).
More information about the sport: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling
This is a shot of Team Janitor playing.
Please let me know what you think about this photo -- any comments are welcome! :)
“Oh, I'm so glad we know what it's called, that's a great help," snarled Ron, leaning back, trying to stop the plant from curling around his neck.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Description : Ces joueurs de curling tentent de remporter le Royal Victoria Jubilee Trophy. Portant un complet-cravate et le traditionnel béret écossais appelé « tam o’shanter », ils ont fière allure. Bien que l’équipement se soit transformé au fil des ans, des équipes continuent à s’affronter dans l’espoir de remporter ce trophée.
Photographe : Conrad Poirier
Date : 28 janvier 1938
Fonds : Conrad Poirier
Cote : 06M_P48, S1, P02258
Lieu de conservation : BAnQ Vieux-Montréal
You know it's icy out when the cat takes up curling on the driveway. Here is Salander getting ready to throw the first stone.
South Island Park - Snow sculptures - Harbin - China
26th China Harbin Sun-Island international snow sculpture art expo
Being the famous "Ice City" in northeastern China, Harbin attracts visitors from home and abroad by the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival it helds each year. It is a happy carnival which provides visitors a whole new world of ice and snow. The festival usually begins from January and last for over one month.
Team Nova Scotia women's curling team competes on March 1, 2019 at the Pidherney Centre in Red Deer, Alberta. Communications Nova Scotia/Len Wagg
John Morris from team Canada at the Ford Men World Championship is in town. This is a world class event and we are very fortunate to have this come and boost our local economy. More of my images can be found here.. but this one was my fave of the bunch :) Canada beat Norway 9-2 and is unbeaten so far in the tournament! Go Canada GO!!
they took away the bowling alley, and gave us a curling rink. (is it called a curling rink? pitch? field? stretch?)
I had a chance to shoot curling in the only professional curling-court in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. I mounted two Nikon Speedlight to the ceiling with scissorclamps, one aimed to photograph the "house" where the stones are aimed. The other was mouned above another lane so that I could photograph the sliding, as seen in the shot. The SB-80DX is at 1/2 power on 24mm to my right at 9 feet in the air.
Above the players head you can see my SB-800 (1/2 power at 24mm) mounted above the other lane.
I set the Pocket Wizards on the strobes to different channels and switched the PW on my camera according to my position on the lanes. So I was shooting with one strobe at a time.
This images was shot at 1/15th with rear sync.