SNOOKER-mad dad Kevin Bellusci was determined to give his son every chance of making the grade in the game. But the family's two-up, two-down terraced house in Argyle Street, Darwen, wasn't big enough for the full-size snooker table Alfonso, 17, wanted for his birthday. So Kevin bought the house next door and knocked the wall through to create a games room. He said: "Now there's plenty of space, but not much room for anything else!"

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