Gosport and Devonport for blending and dilution “to Proof”

and 12cm cases which have been treated with a special tarnish free coating so that they do not require polishing

on the actual tooling and machines used in 1944

this flock of metal flying seabirds are displayed perfectly on a wooden base

Bowls - the Game that Delayed a Sea Battle GAMES Gosport and Devonport for blendingThat swashbuckling sailor Sir Francis Drake brought bowls into the nautical sphere in 1588 when, upon hearing of the approach of the Spanish Armada, he refused to set sail with the British Fleet until he had finished his game of Bowls on Plymouth Hoe. The truth was that the tide and wind were wrong for them to put to sea, so he had to wait but it makes a great story! (Later, when conditions were right, he defeated the Armada by sailing burning ships