A building owner was renovating her whole house when she suddenly realized she had made a fascinating discovery: Way back in 1909, over 100 years ago, this charming little house was also the local bowling alley!
Townsfolk from all over would come to this place to hang out with friends in the cafe, or to partake in the popular sport of candlestick (or candlepin) bowling. The local alley was quite popular until the great depression hit, where it went out of business and was eventually forgotten until years and years later.
Amazingly, all the equipment remained in the same place and remained untouched over the years; even the machine that could re-rack the pins still somehow manages to work!
Candlepin bowling was invented back in 1880 up in Massachusetts — before bowling pins were standardized by what we know them as today everyone pretty much used their own system and general rules. The balls are much smaller and without finger holes, the pins are thinner and thus a lot harder to knock down, any knocked down pins remain on the field, and each player gets three rolls per frame.
While this game isn't the version we're used to today, it is still played by some diehard fans all over the world, and with this new discovery, they might just have a new place to play!
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