Tournament Triangle

In March 2026 the Collection had donated the triangle used by the Tournament Match Referee Peter Williamson. Peter Williamson 26 July 1948 – 15th February 2026 Peter Williamson, a referee on the World Snooker Tour for 30 years until he retired in 2021. He died in 2026 after a period of illness at the age…

Peradon “The World’s Best Cue Maker”

(this was a message that Walter Lindrum wrote in a book to Fred Peradon in 1947) (also “1000 breaks in every cue”) The book “Billiards and Snooker by Walter Lindrum”, the World’s greatest Billiard player, was sponsored by Tooheys , it is an iconic Australian beer brand and brewery. The book had been in the…

Donated items 2016-17

In April 2017 a letter written by Sidney Smith was kindly donated to the Collection by Mr. M. Barnett. He is a volunteer in the warehouse of a local charity which handles donations and the letter fell out of a donated book. He thought it was of interest and thought it should be preserved. The…

February 2018 H.F. Smith’s Items

February 2018 Items donated by H.F. Smith’s son to the Collection.

Further Information on TIMEFRAME Unit

The Timeframe unit was one of the items donated to the Snooker Heritage Collection by the family of David Smith

June 2017 David Smith Collection

At the end of June 2017 the Snooker Heritage Collection received a call from Peter Smith to say that his family had a lot of Billiard and Snooker memorabilia that they would like to donate to the Collection.

Lancashire Billiard Handicap Scorecards 1920/30s

In August 2018 we received an email from Jenny Hill advising that she had about 20 score card/ programmes for Amateur Charity Billiard Handicaps for matches in Lancashire covering the late 1920’s and early 1930’s. She asked if they were of interest to the Collection.

March 2018 Frederick Jones Collection

A letter received in March 2018 from a lady who said she might have some items that would be of interest for the Heritage Collection. It turn out that her grandfather Frederick Jones had for many years worked at Thurston Leicester Square during the 1930’s

Pocket Net Information

In November 2017 a call was received from a Mr. Foster who had some information on a patent for Billiard Pocket Nets that allowed a referee or player to remove the balls from the net without having to put a hand into the net via the slate pocket opening. (It turned out that it was…

Pontins Cup

A phone call from Bob Tonge, who for many years was the person who ran the North West Billiards & Snooker Association and even at 85 years of age still is a stalwart of the Bolton Association, asking if a home could be found to preserve one of the old North West Association cups. It has since been reclaimed by the association and is back in use

Watneys Professional Snooker 1973

In November 2019 the card from the 1973 Watneys Professional Snooker was donated to the collection by Mrs. D.A. Grice of West Sussex.

A Thurston Leicester Square Match Table

In October 2017 Thurston received an email concerning a table manufactured by them with a plate indicating that it had been installed in their famous Leicester Square Match Room.

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