“Big ball” refers to tenpin bowling, the more widely known version of the game, with wide pins and heavy balls with three holes. This month, I set out to explore the origins of candlepin ...

Candlepin bowling was popular among the textile workers and he quickly took to the sport, winning several national championships. Dube used to have an average score of 125, which is nothing to ...

One of New England's trademark quirks, the region's love of candlepin bowling has perhaps faded somewhat in recent decades, but the sport is by no means gone. Candlepin Bowling was first played in ...

Candlepin bowling was, however. Multiple references say it happened in 1880, right downtown on Pearl Street at Justin “Pop” White’s billiards parlor and bowling center, although the ...

Learn more. In New England, going bowling can mean something different than it does in the rest of the country. The region is the birthplace of candlepin bowling – invented in 1880 in Worcester ...

ELLSWORTH, Maine — Autumn Mowery was seven or eight years old when she started going to the candlepin bowling alley in Ellsworth, about a 20-minute drive from where she grew up. "This was really ...

Worcester was once home to over a dozen candlepin alleys. Candlepin bowling was invented in 1880 in Worcester. WORCESTER ― After the Museum of Worcester in December unveiled an exhibit ...

Forty years ago at a now-defunct alley in Westfield, Semb bowled a 245 (out of 300) — the highest score in the history of candlepin bowling. His record, which included a remarkable seven ...