A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
Friday, April 16, 2021
Crazy Golf at the Horse & Groom pub in Ningwood on the Isle of Wight
Toys R Us at Teesside Park in Stockton-on-Tees
A look at the old Toys R Us store at Teesside Retail Park in Stockton-on-Tees.
Toys R Us closed in the UK in April 2018. Luckily there are still remnants of the brand on some retail parks in the UK. I worked in the Gipsy Lane store in Luton, Bedfordshire back in the year 2000.
Check out my blog posts below about other former Toys R Us stores:
Lofty's Crazy Golf course in Seaton Carew
A visit to Lofty's Crazy Golf course in Seaton Carew, Teesside.
Check out the Lofty's Crazy Golf website for more information, opening times and prices for the 10-hole course.
Blockbuster Video Express in Billingham
A visit to the old Blockbuster Video Express store in Billingham town centre, Teesside.
What a sight! |
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Jungle Adventure Golf in Shanklin Village
A look at the Jungle Adventure Golf course in Shanklin Village on the Isle of Wight.
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Putt18 World Pro League 2021 - Week 7 - Final
I'll be teeing-off in week seven of the Putt18 World Pro League at 6pm on Saturday 17th April.
Visit the Putt18 website for more information.
Monday, April 12, 2021
The 'Mini Masters' in Manchester
A look back at the 'Mini Masters' minigolf tournament in Manchester.
Mini Master |
Putting in the Mini Open |
One of the very long minigolf holes on the course |
A large water hazard on the course! |
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New Roxy Ball Room in Leeds
A new Roxy Ball Room is opening in Leeds.
Check out the Roxy Ball Room website for more information.
Sunday, April 11, 2021
GOLF PROHIBITED at Meriton Road Park in Handforth
Former Blockbuster Video stores
A look at some lost Blockbuster Video stores.
Since first spotting the remains of the former Blockbuster Video store in Fallowfield, Manchester in October 2019 we've been on the lookout for other remnants of the brand. Sometimes we've been lucky and found an old QuikDrop box or piece of signage and on occasion we've been really lucky and seen full shopfronts and branding left inside stores.
However, on some occasions we haven't been as fortunate. That's been the case when visiting Chorley, Telford, Abingdon, Great Moor and Wythenshawe.
Former Blockbuster Video Store - Chorley Retail Park in Chorley, Lancashire (August 2020)
Now a restaurant and takeaway |
Former Blockbuster Video Store - Rampart Way, Telford, Shropshire (September 2020)
This was a large store |
The last remnants of Blockbuster in Telford |
Former Blockbuster Video Store - Peachcroft, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (November 2020)
This was my local Blockbuster video shop when I was growing up |
Former Blockbuster Video Store - Buxton Road, Great Moor, Stockport (March 2021)
At least this former store is still blue and yellow |
Former Blockbuster Video Store - Rowlands Way, Wythenshawe, Manchester (April 2021)
Another tile shop |
To date we've been to former Blockbuster stores in:
- Fallowfield, Manchester
- Colne, Lancashire
- Chester, Cheshire
- Felixstowe, Suffolk
- Hastings, East Sussex
- Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester
- Marple, Greater Manchester
- Oldham, Greater Manchester
- Prescot, Lancashire
- Telford, Shropshire
- Chorley, Lancashire
- Great Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester
- Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire
- Leigh, Greater Manchester
- Wythenshawe, Manchester
- Billingham, Teesside
Saturday, April 10, 2021
Alice at the Movies Crazy Golf at Adventure Wonderland in Christchurch, Dorset
A new Alice at the Movies themed Crazy Golf course is opening at Adventure Wonderland in Christchurch, Dorset next month.
Jurassic Beach Adventure Golf in Hove
There's a new adventure golf course in Hove, East Sussex.
The former British Home Stores in Stockport
While having a walk round Stockport yesterday evening it was amazing to see the old ghost sign on the rear of the store had been uncovered!
NO GOLF at Lacey Green Park in Wilmslow
Hove Lagoon Mini Golf
There's a minigolf course at Hove Lagoon in East Sussex.
Friday, April 09, 2021
Splash Point Mini Golf at Denton Gardens in Worthing
A look at the Splash Point Mini Golf course in Worthing's Denton Gardens.
The front nine |
The back nine |
Minigolf in Denton Gardens
Worthing, Denton Gardens, Putting Green. The Photochrom Co Ltd. Posted to Birchington, Kent on 30 July 1928 |