Whether you got a strike or were more of a gutter-bowler see who you can recognise in this throwback gallery.
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2. Waiting to bowl
A view of the players area at the C.B.C. Bowl at Intake in September 1963 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
3. Lilt ladies
Who remembers when Lilt ladies, left, Hazel Palmer and Blanche Williams, came to bowl at AMF Bowling, Firth Park in 2001? Photo: Roger Nadal (Staff)
4. Never too old to bowl
Bowler Elsie Ellis aged 90 of Longley Avenue, was interviewed by Calendar at Firth Park Bowl in 2004 Photo: Roger Nadal
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