Just as a side note the ball return I filmed was not functioning how it should the one on the other side worked as it is suppose to, once it hits that ring its suppose to stop then slowly enter the area with the other balls so they dont smack into each other...Also I didn't mention it in the video but half the balls here are rubber...
My dad used to be a pinsetter but he had a machine helping him. The machine set the pins, but all he did was load the table and then it would set the pins. Kind of like an 8270 with no pin elevator or pin wheel.
@Panhandler matt; Right we didn't stand inside but on the top side... When some asshole threw the ball so hard the pins would fly out of the box they would get shit from the owner and he had them give us double time… which we would spend it all on pop and candy bars eh… Üü
My dad used to set pins in Fairmont, West Virginia in the 1940 and moved to Detroit, MI. after high school. He was drafted into U.S. Navy and served on heavy cruiser USS Louisville CA 28 from 1943-46 in the Pacific War. He passed in 2017 at age 92. Thank you for your video.
@@RBR_SPY21 Thank you for you kind words - Aboard USS Louisville CA 28 Heavy Cruiser he witnessed (52) sailors along with Rear Admiral Theodore Chandler buried at sea due to (3) kamikaze hits in the Pacific. The Louisville had (13) battlestars and in 2015 a main battery 8 inch 55 caliber gun turret (knocked out of commision by a kamikaze and a 500 lb bomb and gas ) was found in the Nevada Desert used as a testing dectector for nuclear bombs. There is a Y-tube of the turret in desert and also a video showing the kamikaze hitting the turret with flames going above the 120 foot tripod superstruture. My dad lived a great life and I asked him many questions and even in his 90's he knew dates and places and names like yesterday. Take care - you have an interesting subject!
This is the kind of bowling alley I wouldn't mind owning someday. I've been bowling off and on for a little over forty years. The good thing about this one is the fact you don't have mechanical problems that modern bowling alleys have.
$15 and you have to setup the pins yourself... I get people complaining at our center about $14 for two hours of bowling and its done by a pinsetter obviously..
We sadly lost a near 100 year old bowling alley in Baltimore not to long ago. The Patterson Bowling Lanes were in the Fells Point neighborhood, and were duckpins lanes that had been opened since the mid 1920s. Babe Ruth had bowled there, among other noteworthy people. I grew up around the corner from there and went to the bowling alley countless numbers of times. It closed at the end of 2022/beginning of 2023 and is being torn down, along with a bank on the same plot of land to make luxury condos/apartments. Update: The Patterson WILL stay a partial bowling alley. The new owners are converting it to mixed use, keeping 4-6 lanes for duckpin bowling.
Babe Ruth was on the list of famous people who stayed at Rohman's Inn (or at least drank at the bar) where the bowling alley in the video is. Maybe he bowled there too?
The bowling alley in my hometown does not have an automatic pinsetter, so they hire people to do the job, just like this one. The difference is that they use small balls and it has a "pinsetter area", if you will. They have a place to sit, above the pins, and it has green and red lightbulbs that the pinsetters turn on when they are ready for you to throw the ball. I spent my entire childhood playing there, sometimes even having to set the pins myself. It was somehow exciting. Now I live in the city and it's all about automatic pinsetters, obviously. I'm from Argentina.
I used to live near Shohola, a short drive from this pub. One time there was a group of old ladies that wanted to bowl but didn't want to set up the pins, so me and a friend got paid like $15 each to set up the pins for them all night. Pretty cool place
Southport Lanes in Chicago closed last year. They had four lanes with no pinsetters. A local candlepin bowler brought his own pins. So when you see a center with no pinsetters keep in mind, you can bring your own duckpins, candlepins, five pins, ninepins, whatever. Thanks for posting.
I live a few miles from this place. It's just 100 miles from NYC. Pay us a visit. The scenic drive alone makes the trip worthwhile, especially in the spring and fall months. There's plenty to do up here, including fly fishing, hiking, camping, rafting and kayaking.
This is so cool! Having people set up the pins might still be the better idea. When I used to bowl in a league every weekend the machine would always malfunction at least once and we'd have to call the desk lol.
Huh? Yeah the machine may break down from time to time or need attention. It's not every frame though. You would go through that experience on every single shot.
Here in the UK this was my job before COVID, I worked in a pub sticking up pins in a game that we call Skittles its basically bowling but 9 pins instead of 10. So i can now officially say i identify as a bowling machine
When I was young in the 1950’s and early 1960’s there still were a few bowling alleys that had manual pin setters that the alley had boys or men do the work. I remember that ring at the end of the return that slowed the ball back to the rack of balls. Eventually most of these old alleys either updated with automatic pin setters or went out of business. Now most blowing centers even have automatic scoring systems that older players like my father thought it took another part of the game away. But it is nice to see some one is keeping old style bowling alive.
wow, that is cool!!! I always wondered why pins had a hole in bottom or how they got the pins lined up right back in the day. This short answered some questions I had about "ancient" bowling. Kudos to the pub for keeping it up and in use!
So, I recently learned that the holes other primary purpose is to keep the wood in the pins moisturized, which is why you still see those holes even with modern pinsetters. :)
I used to set pins at the local YMCA for 50 cents a game in the 1960's. There was always some wise guy that would throw another ball while you were setting up the next frame of pins. Just like the video, you perched behind the pins with your feet dangling down. Of course, there was no oiling the lanes and you had to pick up the ball and put it on the ball return rails.
I visited the oldest bowling alley in the us the other week called the hollar house, and gotta say i love these old vintage bowling alleys, they still hold their charm.
Check out the holler house bar in Milwaukee,WI. It houses the two oldest sanctioned bowling lanes still in use in the basement and they still use pin boys to reset the pins while you bowl.
I was a pin setter when i was a kid in a small town in Canada This was during the 60's..You had to move fast when teems were playing. it really was dangerous Those pins could be deadly . I didn't do it for too long . I guess i wasn't brave enough. My neighbour friend did it more then i did. It was cash money in your pocket.
We had a 6-laner in the back of a bar in Fair Haven, NJ . . . like this (with the spikes) . . . where I set pins. 10 cents/game plus tips . . . and I could bowl for free if there were no customers. The building is still there but they filled in the gutters and turned it in to a ballroom and subdivided it in to offices.
A bowling ally where you set it up yourself? That sounds hard. I do competitive bowling, and for the people that don’t know this, there is OIL on the lane, so you might have to walk into the gutter to set the pins up. (No, if you didn’t have oil, your ball would curve and go in the gutter, or be very very slow.)
There is almost an identical single bowling lane on Mackinac Island at the “Woods”. They must’ve been installed/manufactured by the same company. Very interesting stuff for sure!
I set pins as a teen but we, at least, had the mechanical pensetter that would drop the pens in place. We still had to jump down into the pit to gather them up and hoist the ball onto the return. Usually it was one guy to a lane but I've done both lanes myself. Quite hectic.
I live about 3 minutes from this bowling alley, did you check out the bar? It's also really old. It housed injured soldiers from a civil war train wreck.
There is one in concord nc old school you keep your own score on Friday afternoon it's like 2.00 a game it has great oil patterns the old bowling alley smell is awesome if you need a ball drilled out they can do that also
Definitely worth $15 an hour... things like this and Leap-The-Dips (the last roller coaster of its kind in North America) in Altoona make me proud to be from PA.
Just as a side note the ball return I filmed was not functioning how it should the one on the other side worked as it is suppose to, once it hits that ring its suppose to stop then slowly enter the area with the other balls so they dont smack into each other...Also I didn't mention it in the video but half the balls here are rubber...
cutlerylover I live pretty local to you and this place
oh nice, if you have time check it out some day :)
some hoops had rubber or leather straps to slow the balls but wore out over time like the one here
Maple leaf rag lol
My great grandpa was a pin setter when younger.
Wonder how many pin setters had their shins sent to the shadow realm
My dad used to be a pinsetter but he had a machine helping him. The machine set the pins, but all he did was load the table and then it would set the pins. Kind of like an 8270 with no pin elevator or pin wheel.
@Panhandler matt; Right we didn't stand inside but on the top side...
When some asshole threw the ball so hard the pins would fly out of the box they would get shit from the owner and he had them give us double time… which we would spend it all on pop and candy bars eh… Üü
@@aspincelaframboise5300 wait how old are you?
@@legoentertainment8750; 1925 eh…
@@aspincelaframboise5300 is that when you were born
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My dad used to set pins in Fairmont, West Virginia in the 1940 and moved to Detroit, MI. after high school. He was drafted into U.S. Navy and served on heavy cruiser USS Louisville CA 28 from 1943-46 in the Pacific War. He passed in 2017 at age 92. Thank you for your video.
I’m sorry for your loss
@@charliecrickman8760 Thank you for your kind words! Take care!
@@tonytrotta9322 no problem you take care as well
That’s so cool because my class is learning about the Pacific War. Sad that your father passed away
@@RBR_SPY21 Thank you for you kind words - Aboard USS Louisville CA 28 Heavy Cruiser he witnessed (52) sailors along with Rear Admiral Theodore Chandler buried at sea due to (3) kamikaze hits in the Pacific. The Louisville had (13) battlestars and in 2015 a main battery 8 inch 55 caliber gun turret (knocked out of commision by a kamikaze and a 500 lb bomb and gas ) was found in the Nevada Desert used as a testing dectector for nuclear bombs. There is a Y-tube of the turret in desert and also a video showing the kamikaze hitting the turret with flames going above the 120 foot tripod superstruture. My dad lived a great life and I asked him many questions and even in his 90's he knew dates and places and names like yesterday. Take care - you have an interesting subject!
This is the kind of bowling alley I wouldn't mind owning someday. I've been bowling off and on for a little over forty years. The good thing about this one is the fact you don't have mechanical problems that modern bowling alleys have.
180 on lane 2 😂
Me too!!! It is also low maintenance
yes I agree not much maintenance involved here at all :)
I just want to bowl there for the fun of it lol.
And you can still bowl during power outages!
I was always curious why there was the hole on the bottom of the pins
Its Ebqs to put it jn place
@@spacetrology what did you just type
@@spacetrology SPEECH *15*
@@AhDollar They just put a j in "in" instead of an i. Simple typo...
@@somepizzaguy8855 but they also put "Ebqs". What does that mean then?
$15 and you have to setup the pins yourself... I get people complaining at our center about $14 for two hours of bowling and its done by a pinsetter obviously..
Give them the customer free beer 😁
Its all about the atmosphere tho
DiscreteCinema 14 for two hours? What a deal!
My local alley has $9 unlimited bowling from 9am to 1pm every day
They dont gaf if you approve its just the roof of a bar bro
We sadly lost a near 100 year old bowling alley in Baltimore not to long ago. The Patterson Bowling Lanes were in the Fells Point neighborhood, and were duckpins lanes that had been opened since the mid 1920s. Babe Ruth had bowled there, among other noteworthy people. I grew up around the corner from there and went to the bowling alley countless numbers of times.
It closed at the end of 2022/beginning of 2023 and is being torn down, along with a bank on the same plot of land to make luxury condos/apartments.
Update: The Patterson WILL stay a partial bowling alley. The new owners are converting it to mixed use, keeping 4-6 lanes for duckpin bowling.
Babe Ruth was on the list of famous people who stayed at Rohman's Inn (or at least drank at the bar) where the bowling alley in the video is. Maybe he bowled there too?
The bowling alley in my hometown does not have an automatic pinsetter, so they hire people to do the job, just like this one. The difference is that they use small balls and it has a "pinsetter area", if you will. They have a place to sit, above the pins, and it has green and red lightbulbs that the pinsetters turn on when they are ready for you to throw the ball. I spent my entire childhood playing there, sometimes even having to set the pins myself. It was somehow exciting.
Now I live in the city and it's all about automatic pinsetters, obviously. I'm from Argentina.
That's one of the coolest things I've ever seen...such a nostalgic atmosphere
I used to live near Shohola, a short drive from this pub. One time there was a group of old ladies that wanted to bowl but didn't want to set up the pins, so me and a friend got paid like $15 each to set up the pins for them all night. Pretty cool place
What is the address of this place?
Southport Lanes in Chicago closed last year. They had four lanes with no pinsetters. A local candlepin bowler brought his own pins. So when you see a center with no pinsetters keep in mind, you can bring your own duckpins, candlepins, five pins, ninepins, whatever. Thanks for posting.
mine is ampang superbowl kajang its closed permanently
I don't even like bowling, but that's absolutely amazing! It would be totally worth the experience!
I love the sound of the bowling pins knocking down it’s such a satisfying sound
I like how nostalgic the pins hitting sound as from the old original strike cartoon sound
0:55 That ball return is smooth asf
I live a few miles from this place. It's just 100 miles from NYC. Pay us a visit. The scenic drive alone makes the trip worthwhile, especially in the spring and fall months. There's plenty to do up here, including fly fishing, hiking, camping, rafting and kayaking.
Reminds me of There Will Be Blood. I drink your milkshake!
If the devil bleeds black
I drink it up!!
Montana worx ooooomg me too haha
I thought at first that it was the same place! Pretty sure there was a walkway along the wall in the movie though.
beat me to it
This is so cool! Having people set up the pins might still be the better idea. When I used to bowl in a league every weekend the machine would always malfunction at least once and we'd have to call the desk lol.
Huh? Yeah the machine may break down from time to time or need attention. It's not every frame though. You would go through that experience on every single shot.
This is so cool Jeff!
Is this where they filmed the end of “There Will Be Blood”?
no but it sure does look like it
I live in PA and I love bowling. Gotta check this out.
Fun fact: Egyptians invented Bowling by yeeting stones at various objects, knocking them down.
I did not know that
"I drink your milkshake, i drink it up!"
Drainageeeeee
"Niko, let's go bowling!"
Yes
No no no
Hot coffee instead! 😃
So cool, my grandpa worked as a pinsetter for a bit when he was very young. Pretty cool to see how it would’ve been for him. Thanks for sharing!
Pins...not pens. Pens are those things you write with.
@@robreidiii4999late reply that might have orginaly been a spelling mistake
Here in the UK this was my job before COVID, I worked in a pub sticking up pins in a game that we call Skittles its basically bowling but 9 pins instead of 10. So i can now officially say i identify as a bowling machine
Cool
Wonder if any triggered right-wingers will want to "Debate" you
No shit that’s awesome! I love literally 15 minutes from this place and never knew it existed. I’m so excited I found out about this!
This is your daily dose of Recommendation
Feels like the days when pinboy is a job thing.
Dude! That's very old! 1800s!!!
I get so excited when maple leaf rag plays, you know is gonna be good
When I was young in the 1950’s and early 1960’s there still were a few bowling alleys that had manual pin setters that the alley had boys or men do the work. I remember that ring at the end of the return that slowed the ball back to the rack of balls. Eventually most of these old alleys either updated with automatic pin setters or went out of business. Now most blowing centers even have automatic scoring systems that older players like my father thought it took another part of the game away. But it is nice to see some one is keeping old style bowling alive.
We have a 3 lane bowing alley with ball return in the basement of our firehouse
Weird flex but ok
wow, that is cool!!! I always wondered why pins had a hole in bottom or how they got the pins lined up right back in the day. This short answered some questions I had about "ancient" bowling. Kudos to the pub for keeping it up and in use!
So, I recently learned that the holes other primary purpose is to keep the wood in the pins moisturized, which is why you still see those holes even with modern pinsetters. :)
@@agoo7581 The more you know 🌟💨
wow! That ball return catch looks like the the roller bowler arcade game at Knobles!
My dad grew up in Catawissa we spent many summers in the 70s going to Knobles!! Fun times....
Pinsetters must’ve hated people who were good at bowling back then.
All I can think is:
"Mr. Daniel...?"
".......... I'm finished! .........."
SacredPain Yes! A _There Will Be Blood_ reference!
This actually really cool, usually I wouldn’t like old things but this is sick
in Soviet Russia, bowling ball pins you
BirdShot IV youtuber pins you
@@spacetrology you pin youtuber
fascinating how the old bowling mechanics worked back in the days compared to today
I used to set pins at the local YMCA for 50 cents a game in the 1960's. There was always some wise guy that would throw another ball while you were setting up the next frame of pins. Just like the video, you perched behind the pins with your feet dangling down. Of course, there was no oiling the lanes and you had to pick up the ball and put it on the ball return rails.
One thing that I always feel joy for is the sound of the pins getting struck, i wonder how it sounded back then.
There’s a 2 lane bowling alley in Rahway, NJ in an old Elks Club building.
Building circa 1880.
that is a really cool video...
very lovely old bowling alley.
thanks for sharing!
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Did anyone else click because they thought they saw a giant bowling ball lol
Most bowling alleys use mechanical, automated pinsetters, usually made by Brunswick (good company!) so this is different
We have the same type of bowling alley but it’s candle pins instead
"WOW"!!! Also OUTSTANDING.
I visited the oldest bowling alley in the us the other week called the hollar house, and gotta say i love these old vintage bowling alleys, they still hold their charm.
Roseland Cottage is older than the Hollar house, but still incredible!!
But also the Roseland Cottage is not operational
This reminds me of Wii Sports Bowling
Wait, this video looks so good for the 1920s
I used to set pins in Lead S.D. got 10 cents a lane. That's 1 person, 1 game 10 cents. It still makes me smile when I think of those days.
Check out the holler house bar in Milwaukee,WI. It houses the two oldest sanctioned bowling lanes still in use in the basement and they still use pin boys to reset the pins while you bowl.
Having been apart of a 9pin bowling alley league. It’s cool having original lanes and having pin setters along with it
I remember using this type of bowling alley before, oddly enough it was in the basement of a school
I wish my school had a bowling alley in the basement. I would be there instead of math class.
Same
I was a pin setter when i was a kid in a small town in Canada This was during the 60's..You had to move fast when teems were playing. it really was dangerous Those pins could be deadly . I didn't do it for too long . I guess i wasn't brave enough. My neighbour friend did it more then i did. It was cash money in your pocket.
We had a 6-laner in the back of a bar in Fair Haven, NJ . . . like this (with the spikes) . . . where I set pins. 10 cents/game plus tips . . . and I could bowl for free if there were no customers. The building is still there but they filled in the gutters and turned it in to a ballroom and subdivided it in to offices.
A bowling ally where you set it up yourself? That sounds hard. I do competitive bowling, and for the people that don’t know this, there is OIL on the lane, so you might have to walk into the gutter to set the pins up. (No, if you didn’t have oil, your ball would curve and go in the gutter, or be very very slow.)
There is almost an identical single bowling lane on Mackinac Island at the “Woods”. They must’ve been installed/manufactured by the same company. Very interesting stuff for sure!
God that's a satisfying sound.
I AM THE THIRD REVELATION! I AM THE THIRD REVELATION!!!!!
That's amazing! I'd totally be the one setting up the pins!
I set pins as a teen but we, at least, had the mechanical pensetter that would drop the pens in place. We still had to jump down into the pit to gather them up and hoist the ball onto the return. Usually it was one guy to a lane but I've done both lanes myself. Quite hectic.
Sounds to me kind of like an 8270 with no pin elevator wheel lol
Song is maple leaf rag by scott joplin
The Tune is Maple Leaf Rag By Scott Joplin.
I go bowling in Shelburne falls MA. It's been in operation since 1906, it's candlepin though rather than 10 pin.
That’s cool as hell
I wonder how my roto grip would handle the lanes as I’m assuming they are dry. I might have to stop by sometime lol
Happy birthday GRACE!🥳
Looks fun! I'd still go.
My grandparents used to take me there when i was a kid.
They lived right across the river in Eldred.
I live about 3 minutes from this bowling alley, did you check out the bar? It's also really old. It housed injured soldiers from a civil war train wreck.
Bowling is a good clean hobby. I'm thinking of joining a league so I can have something to do.
It feels so different without the crazy bowling cartoon things
When automatic pin setters were invented, my whole family was out of work!
I live at shohola and right next to this too. I didnt know until now. Im gonna play some right now
That is awesome , beautiful in a way. I hope it's still there.
It is....I bowled there a couple of weeks ago and it was great. Like going back in time. So much fun!
@@briancollins4160 Thanks, that's nice to know.
Even the background music sounds old. Tomorrow this video is 4 years old.
Yup, Maple Leaf Rag was published in 1899.
Imagine curving a ball on these lanes 😂
Just like the Tom and Jerry episode bowling alley cat!
My dad told me about being a pin boy in SoCal when he was a boy. Now I can see how it would be a sweet job for a young kid wanting pocket change.
Interesting story.
I could make a vintage bowling alley design with for my basement,
With string pull bowling pins, and a small ramp for ball return.
Lanes could use a nice little buffing and reoiling.
There is one in concord nc old school you keep your own score on Friday afternoon it's like 2.00 a game it has great oil patterns the old bowling alley smell is awesome if you need a ball drilled out they can do that also
That sounds like heaven
Roman Bellic would love this.
Been here! Sisters wedding party. Had a blast ! Drove down from buffalo Ny
CZcams. Please. I’m supposed to be sleeping
What I like is just they chose maple leaf rag for the background music makes it feel really classic
😁 thanks I thought the music should really have the classic feel to fit the subject :)
Back when a 300 was like a BIG, BIG, DEAL.
Definitely worth $15 an hour... things like this and Leap-The-Dips (the last roller coaster of its kind in North America) in Altoona make me proud to be from PA.
man, now if i ever go to PA ill have to stop there and bowl awhile, super cool to see since we only have modern lanes in my area
The ball returns should be made cooler, like add a few hills, a tunnel, a helix, and maybe like a loop
Learned some history about bowling 👌
This is the coolest thing I’ve seen today. So nostalgic
My God, if those walls could talk...
That deserves 10 million views not gonna lie
Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.
I used to do this for my father and his friends at the Elks Lodge in Rutherford, NJ. Made $20 a night plus tips which in 1970 was a lot.
These seem to be functioning better than the modern pinsetters
Looks like same Bowling Alley that was used in making of one Hillbilly Moon Explosion videos.
Ah yes, the perfect opportunity to practice split conversions! Now you can brag to your friends that you converted the 7-10, and get it on video.
There's a bowlign alley in Jeannette PA that still has the old ball returns with no motors. There is machinery but still very old.