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Cues n Views is about saving old cues for future generations to enjoy and a service that aims to inform those of you that are interested in old cues about their history, their design peculiarities and their current market value as a collector’s item or for insurance purposes.
It also includes views and opinions, see below.
David Smith
Cues n Views
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Picture and Signature cues
More Views: Picture and signature cues, can they make a comeback? I am often disappointed with the badges that are used on modern cues, little round discs are obviously more than adequate to let the buyer know who made the…
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Mike Russell, is he the last of a dying breed?
More Views: Looking at the history books sometimes reinforces a certain perspective concerning events that usually do not attract much attention at the time that they happen. Mike Russell, along with a small group of devotees has kept the game…
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Where are they now?
More Views: As both Snooker and Billiards are now recognised as young men’s games, I find myself wondering what happened to certain players who graced our television screens only a few short years ago. Most people who keep even a…
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Where Have They All Gone?
More Views: Where Have They All Gone? While sifting through the sports section in my local bookshop the other day it struck me how obvious it was that there is a total lack of books on Snooker. No biographies, no…
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Top Spot Snooker Club
More Views: I am a member of the Top Spot Snooker Club in Aspley Huddersfield. To give you some idea of the type of Snooker Club that I am referring to its details are as follows, this club has 16…
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Cue Stories
More Views: Cue stories abound from the early days of billiards until today. Willie Smith was booked to play Walter Lindrum at billiards in the mid 1930’s, it was the custom for people to hang around with players of this…
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The Nineteen Eighties
More Views: As shocking as it may seem the 1980’s are fast becoming historical times for the game of Snooker, the players of this era are considered by the youngsters in the clubs to be from a totally different time.…
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Epic Matches
More Views: Memories of past Snooker events When you watch a Snooker match, what are the things that stick in your mind long term? Is it the big breaks? Is it the safety exchanges between two evenly matched competitors? Is…
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Fred, Kirk and Jimmy
More Views: Books on both Billiards and Snooker have been around for many years and due to their relatively limited print runs can become scarce quite quickly. The books of Fred Davis for example, although these two works were only…
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The Big Four
More Views: I am writing this article in response to a comment that I heard in my local club where, two older gentlemen were discussing the record and achievements of Joe Davis. One of them, said that “Joe was the…
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Reminiscences of a Billiards Man
More Views: Reminiscences of a Billiards Man My early days in playing both Billiards and Snooker were focused towards playing in the British Isles Championships which were held over two separate weeks at Burroughes and Watts Hall, Soho Square in…
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Cues n Views Pundit
Rachel Stringer, EuroSport TV was covering the event and presented a tribute to Jimmy White who won this competition 25 years ago.
