Looking back at Edenside Bowling Club throughout the years

One photo shows councillor Sibson officially opened the new bower at Edenside Bowling Club, Edenside, Carlisle in 1965. However, the bowling club has an even longer history.

Edenside came into existence on April 28,1898 and shared the site with the cricket and athletic club, and had been active for over a century.

There were improvements to its clubhouse and green, new domestic competitions, but flooding had always been an ever present cloud on the horizon. The club suffered way back in 1925, again in 1964 and again in 2005.

On each occasion the members battled to get the club up and running but in January 2009 the club was again flooded and, with the prospect of no further insurance and a decline in membership, on January 22 it was voted to close the club.