Albert Baker was Secretary of the Welsh Quoit Association when he wrote his account of the history of quoits in Wales covering the period from 1896 to 1948. He includes tables detailing competitions between Wales and England, and Wales and Scotland between these dates in addition to tables of Welsh Champions, Captains and Junior Champions. Reproduced by kind permission of the family of the late Albert Baker, who donated many of the pictures.
Continuing the History of the Ancient Game of Quoits in Wales
Linda Evans, Joint Secretary of the Welsh Quoiting Board, picks up the story. This site details records of International competitions between Wales/England/Scotland from 1932 to 1962, then between Wales and Scotland from 1979 to the present, including some domestic competitions with many pictures.
Irene Thibault, geborene Kuboth, geschiedene Marock - Danke Joe Thibault - Thank you Joe Thibault for sharing your mother's story with us.
Rita's Story and Schleiserland
The story of how Rita Gottschlich, along with her disabled mother Agnes and two sisters Ingeborg and Christa fled from their home in Silecia one freezing January night in 1945 to escape the advancing Russian army, and how they managed to survive.
Private 14639680 David B Jones - Chindit
True story of how a young boy from a tiny rural village in Mid Wales, grew up to become one of Orde Wingate's "Chindit" Special Force, killed in action in the jungles of Burma during the Second World War.
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