Ask a group of New Englanders if they’d like to go bowling and ... manufacturer, new candlepin machines must be built by custom request. “But that’s like a mom-and-pop shop, or the guy ...

WORCESTER – The Museum of Worcester is celebrating 150 years, and one of their featured exhibits showcases the city's storied history of candlepin bowling. Candlepin bowling was first played in ...

A picture by local photographer George Cocaine of a candlepin bowling alley in the mid-1900s hangs in the Worcester Historical Museum's exhibit. New England has a lot of unique, quirky customs: ...

So that tells you what the culture is of candlepin bowling. There is no room for that.” The lack of national popularity and the absence of big business does have some drawbacks, though ...

In fact, within 10 years, demand for the uniquely New England version of bowling known as candlepin—the game uses ... where mom-and-pop bakeries and butcher shops were a staple.

WORCESTER — Candlepin bowling has always been right up Worcester's alley. For one thing, according to many accounts the sport was invented in Worcester in 1880 by Justin "Pop" White, the owner ...

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 ...

Candlepin bowling was invented in Worcester in the 1880s, and became a staple of New England culture during the 20th century. At the time of Sawyer's opening, there were candlepin lanes in most towns ...

Go candlepin bowling — in the city that invented this favorite pastime — and grab a pizza at a new American Flatbread location at The Cove in Worcester, overlooking Polar Park in the Canal ...

As candlepin bowling undergoes a bit of a renaissance in Central Massachusetts, a Millis bowling alley was the site of a new world record game bowled by an area woman. Ryan Family Amusements was ...