WHERE have all the bagatelle tables gone?
That's the question posed by reader Chuck Middlehurst who remembers a time, not so long ago, when many St Helens pubs boasted at least one of these round-ended little tables. They came complete with scoring cups for the cued balls to drop into as part of a skilful potting game.
Says Chuck: "Bagatelle was great to watch and play and it's a pity that they seem to have all been scrapped to make way for pool tables."
WELL, does anyone know of any final refuges of that ancient bar-room game?
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