Historical Darts Pictures

Eric "The Crafty Cockney" Bristow's ex, Maureen Flowers, the former Ladies British Individual Darts Champion. In a recent interview regarding Russian sensation Anastasia Dobromyslova Bristow comments "Anastasia is a lovely girl who they claim is the best woman darts player ever. A cup of tea on the stage and Maureen would have killed Anastasia."

Check out the guy wearing the cool motorcycle goggles. Think they help him focus on the dartboard better? I am curious as to the makers and styles of darts they had to offer!

A bar below the police station. I guess you'd feel safe from harm, and under the eye of Johnny Law all at the same time! I like the look of determination on the shooters face. Cannon Row Police Station was one of the Metropolitan Police's more famous central London police stations and formed part of the famous New Scotland Yard building designed by Norman Shaw.

As you know, Hoffman later played Raymond Babbit in the movie Rain Man, earning himself an Academy Award for Best Actor and a Golden Globe. If you've seen the movie you can only imagine how awesome Ray would be at calculating checkouts at the speed of light.

I couldn't find any information on Din Nhu Ngo, much less where Dalat Villa Garde is. In fact Google didn't even give me any suggestions, it just said "are you so retarded you can't type!?!?". But it sure looks like a fun time enjoying the outdoors while throwing a few arrows, and the shooter sure looks like a wonderful lady to enjoy that with.

Eyeballing this and considering the bullseye is 5' 8" from the floor, I'd have to guess either this shooter is rather short or maybe this dartboard was not setup to the regulations we use today. I'm sure somewhere - maybe Patrick Chaplains web site - there may be an answer to the dartboard setup throughout history.

Of course, in this picture he looks like a pretty tall dude, or his opponent has had a pint too many and is taking the picture from the "floor position".

This one I found on a web site that had no text or mention of who, what when and where. Just a list of pictures. In the photograph file name it is tagged as 1950.

Update: I received this message from George Haines, thanks George!

"I have the info about the photo you have posted from Pennsylvania. I Know The Shooter's Name Is John Petro. This 1950 Photo Was Taken At The White Swan Bar In Hoban Heights, PA! The Bar Was Owned By The Ignatovich Family From Duryea, PA.

George Haines"

I ran across this one on a blog, which only mentioned darts in one paragraph and never referred to the photo. The way these shooters are dressed makes me wonder if they were in the military. Judging from the lights and furniture, maybe the late 60's?

I ran across this gem on an 81 Squadron memorial web site. The Wikipedia entry tells an interesting story of this Squadron, and I think the pic tells an interesting story as well.

From the Westwood Works Website:

Industrial equipment for the food, chemical
and printing industries was designed, developed and manufactured at Westwood
Works for nearly 100 years. During that time, it produced machinery that
makes enough biscuits every year to encircle the world, bakery plant that
produces the loaves, rolls and cakes bought by shoppers on every continent,
equipment to make chocolate confectionery and sweets by the tens of thousands
every hour, printing presses to print colour magazines and wrappers for
the food on the supermarket shelf, and machines for the foundry and chemical
industries around the world.

Approximately 3,000 dedicated engineers, craftsmen, designers,
process technologists, administrative staff, computer operators and salespeople
worked here to create the biggest and most prestigious supplier of such
equipment in the World.


1949: The Baker Perkins Darts Team


1969: Darts Match between the CPO and Purchasing Department


1977: Golden Ball Darts Competition Winners


1977: Darts Competition


1980: Darts Team


1980: Ladies Darts Team


1981: Ladies Darts Team win Peterborough League