Tag: Bowling Alleys

  • Stanley Parlors, Carrick

    Date stone with inscription: 1929/Stanley Parlors

    This old bowling alley has some interesting history. It was built in 1929 with two floors of duckpin bowling. After conversion to ten-pin bowling, it petered out in the 1990s, but not before it had been used as a location in the movie Kingpin, starring Woody Harrelson. Father Pitt has not seen that movie, but according to Wikipedia it has a reputation as somewhere between bad and mediocre, and it was number 2 on someone’s list of Woody Harrelson’s best films.

    Stanley Parlors

    The building itself is interesting. Though the ground floor has been altered, the second floor, with its arcaded balcony, is eye-catching and makes a strong impression on the streetscape of Brownsville Road.

    Balcony
    Stanley Parlors
    Stanley Parlors
    Nikon COOLPIX P100.