Watch this video were was my old mate Bill Richardson arm wrestling

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I need a bar billiards table. Looks like a great wee game.

The town was ruined by "planners" in the 1960s. Many fine old Yorkshire stone buildings flattened & replaced by hideous brutalist concrete eyesores. A crime. It wouldn't be allowed today.

Bring this back.

I’m not entirely sure what I’d say a ‘flopper’ was 😂 I think my thought would have been in the gutter 😂 I’ve never seen this before

I have not seen this for years.. Nostalgic, emotive and retrospectively quite quite funny.. thanks.

Imagine bringing this back with Lineker as host... No hold that thought Lineker wouldn't be seen dead in a pub or WMs club.

I didn't know that I was in for Barnsley's version of Gotham with Batman swinging down his pole.

I recognise the schools; it’s a little bit of Barnsley where Athersley South, Smithies, New Lodge and (just about) Athersley North all come together. When I was a lad there were four school there, all together: Richard Newman Infant School, Athersley South Junior, St Hilda’s - a girls school - and St Edwins - a boys school. One entrance was at the junction of Wakefield and Rotherham Road, another way in was from the top of Laithes Lane and another was via Ashbourne Road.

“One of the finest bus services in the country,” maybe. But a crap 💩 bus station. The drivers used to have to reverse out of the station.

"You lot south o't Trent," said in total ignorance of the fact a Kent dartboard is identical.

Brilliant

Ahl Si' thee

This is brilliant.

Beautiful. Amazing. From what year is video. ? Im from Barnsley town

some serious trolling going on in the commentary.

Fred’s enthusiasm and genuine admiration for the players was great to watch. Smoking a pipe and drinking beer whilst presenting was of it’s time but I have no problem with it, this was brilliant television.

I'm 16 rn so I don't remember Barnsley being like this at all but I can tell u something I'd rather Barnsley be the way it is on the video now than what it is today - Adam Steven Robinson

Every pubs has several different indoor games, sadly not now cos they too busy playing games in their mobile phones.

Malcolm

Bring it back..... Real darts on a yorkshire board no trebles .... that d cost extra brass lad....

Fred Trueman - what a legend

How do I turn off the subtitles? They are all wrong!

Marvellous television. I just wish they had included stone/paper/scissors.

Marvellous stuff. Great to see real sports and true athletes! Last time I played bar billiards was in 1990 in The Swordsman in Stamford Bridge near York. I also remember playing in the Cross Keys in Goodramgate, York in the late 1980s. I don't suppose there will be many tables left in pubs anywhere now.

Were they speaking English?

Eh Up

We need Freddie back (with Brian Clough),to crack a few heads out there.

amazing video my nan loved this as she grew up in Barnsley i was wondering if by any change i could use some off this footage in my college documentary about life growing up in Barnsley

I remember this, born in barnsley in 65. used to luv going t'market with me gran from kendray on bus, used t'cost 2 pence one way.

From 37 seconds to 1 minute 09 it's the playground of Athersley Junior Mixed School (Athersley South) and a little bit of the access road that led up between St Hilda's girls school and St Edwin's boys' school up towards the Richard Newman Infants' School and the gate from the school grounds on to Laithes Lane whene my granddad, Tommy Bennett (a retired miner) was the first Barnsley 'lollipop man.'

Shove Ha’penny were gripping stuff back in’t day.. Loving the sideburns Freddie.. Ah’ll see thee then!..

I like the look of that bird in red. Probably a great granny now!!

That board is rubbish! Needs some French chalk or arrowroot on it - liberally. Even cornflour or custard powder would do at a push. You'd think they'd have a decent slate board for tv. Loved this series as a kid, and it reinforced my love of pub games.

Bar billiards is such a great game. So many pubs have removed it as they want to make space for drinkers.

The Pontefract headmaster versus the lorry driver from Gainsborough. Classic stuff.

If anyone is looking for an educational resource to go along with this topic then check out this card sort I made for my students www.tes.com/teaching-resource/card-sort-what-were-the-arguments-for-and-against-pit-closures-in-1992-11946877

Playing wi' pub darts an'all. No messin'. Proper telly.

Lived here for 12 years and the nicest people its been my good fortune to meet

Proper athletes.

If this show was remade for the modern TV audience the pipe and pint would have to go.

Pipe and a pint, these presenting skills are genuinely first class.

Town full of scrùbbers

The Durham mafia lol

Love this theme tune.....

who needs the Champions League when you had this?

useful documentary .. seems to be the 'dark ages' not the sixties..badly edited and filmed .. but at least a record..and the top market area before the usual council vandals..destroyed and built the tacky utilitarian pre-fabricated offices and car park..was part of the protest movement ( foggy dew-O )against the development spearheaded by Brian Linsday market trader --all been proved right...the Brown envelope rules GDC

i love wombwell and barnsley forever olso i love my twin sister sallie xxxxx

I love Barnsley and Wombwell, especially in the 60's. Miss my family the Oughtons.