In truth we have had a remarkable time since April and against the trend of the industry found ourselves to be very busy completing many jobs. These have included work carried out in a number of different establishments. If you would like us to assist you wherever you are - please do not hesitate to get in touch.

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We Sell new and used Snooker , Pool and American Pool Tables. We Rent Snooker , Pool , American Pool and Bar Billiards Tables. We dismantle , transport and re-erect Snooker and American Pool Tables across the UK and into Europe.  We sell a huge range of accessories and endeavour to assist in any way we can . We would be delighted to have a trading relationship with you.

I believe that as time goes on you become accustomed to hearing a number of entirely valid reasons from Billiard fitter’s as to why some jobs can not be completed within an allotted timescale. On occasions some seem quite bizarre , but this week we have probably encountered one of the strangest reasons as to why a job had halted.

From time to time we get asked by other companies to assist them with jobs that they have to get completed within a fixed timescale. If possible we will try and help them to complete their tasks. Thus this week we were asked to attend the magnificent Stoke Rochford Hall that lies just to the south of Grantham by the A1.

Stoke Rochford Hall operates as a residential conference centre and it is situated within and around a truly breathtaking Victorian country mansion set in 28 acres of delightful grounds. The history of the hall is interesting in that it is suggested that a number of houses have been built in this location since Roman times. In the 15th century the “Stoke” estates acquired their present name when they passed into the hands of Sir Ralph De Rochfort. In 1637 through marriage they passed into the hands of Sir Edmund Turnor and later in 1665 Sir Edmund built the first Turnor house here. This house was demolished in 1774 and a larger property was built in 1794 , this house was shortlived as it was pulled down to make way for the present Hall in 1840. When plans were made to build this new property its fair to say that Christopher Turnor aged 20 (son of Edmund) was a wealthy lad. The family owned over 20,000 acres of land in Lincolnshire and had a rental income in those days of £27,000 per annum. The house was designed and built by William Burn a famous Scottish architect who became responsible for the building of numerous Country Houses , churches , terraces and banks. William also built the village of Stoke Rochford that sits within the estate land. The house was lived in by members of the Turnor family until the early 1900’s. During the war the house was taken over by the War Department and for 18 months it housed the headquarters of the second battalion of the Parachute Regiment. It was here on the library floor that the plans were laid for the ill fated Arnhem drop which became the subject of the film “A Bridge Too Far”.

After the war the house beacme a training college for teachers . This college closed in 1978 and the National Union Of Teachers opened its National Education and Conference Centre in 1978. The hall was unfortunate enough to have an appalling fire in 2005 which led to most of it being lost. However due to the incredible skills of craftsman the interior of the Hall has been fully refurbished in a breathtaking manner. The Hall is still owned by the NUT which has a management company to run its best interests as it is now available for all types of conferences and as a successful wedding venue.

Thus I was more than a little bemused when I listened to my voicemail saying that work had stopped due to everybody being evacuated as staff had found an unexploded bomb. Now it’s fair to say that one of our fitters enjoys the odd practical joke and I didnt believe a word that was being said. I soon had to change my tune as on my arrival I saw a Police Car blocking the top of the Hall’s Driveway with a Fire Engine parked close by.  As it turned out a member of the gardening staff had whilst digging in the grounds close to the Hall unearthed what he immediately believed to be a bomb. This was confirmed by the Bomb squad on their arrival and identified as a Phosphorous bomb. If it had gone off its probable that all the glass in the front of the house would have to have been replaced. On the basis that our business was founded in 1938 its entirely possible that we had work scuppered by the Luftwaffe earlier in our history. However on this occasion it was explained that this was a British contraption and that lots of armaments had been left all over the grounds by The Parachute Regiment , many of which had been found over the years.

The Parachute Regiment’s motto is “Ready for Anything”………………..we like to think we are but this was something entirely different.  No matter after an hour and a half’s break we were back on site ensuring that Stoke Rochford’s Leisure facilities were once again complete after a two year wait.