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Gay Lanes before the automatic scorers.
The image is cropped from another image that was a Gay Lanes advertisement in the school yearbooks. The full image can be found on the Gay Lanes page. Found via the TSPL Digital Library which says it’s from the late 60s or early 70s.
They must be getting ready to start, one pair with the scoreboard lights on.
How many could keep score with a pencil today? I don’t think I could.
Added 6/23/2025; We now have a Facebook page. Please follow us on Facebook and watch there for updates.
Added 6/24/2025; Page for “Bowling Alley’s we didn’t know we had.”
Added 6/26/2025; 1997 to 2007 Average Books (see Gay Lanes page).
Added 6/27/2025; 2007 to 2019 Average Books (see Gay Lanes page).
NOTE: All images on this website are collected in several ways. To give proper citation, they come from the following sources; Tiffin Seneca Public Library digital library, various editions of the Advertiser-Tribune, Social Media such as Facebook and Twitter, The Tiffin Historical Society, and random individuals who scanned or photographed what they may have. We will cite pictures as we post them and if someone wants to remain anonymous, we will respect that as well.
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Follow the links on the left to each Bowling Alley. The top link “How we got here” explains how this project and site came about. Under each bowling alley we will document the history of each establishment and add whatever memorabilia is submitted in our History / Records / Scrapbook section, along with what we know we already have.
Anyone wishing to submit a picture, scan, or article please reply to submissions@tiffinbowlinghistory.org. General questions or communication can be done through tiffinbowlinghistory@gmail.com.