Bar Billiards Spares/Repairs
Repairing a table can be tricky. Just because we supply spares doesn't mean you'll be able to fit them! Some people manage but the staff at our shop have no idea how to repair or make tables ourselves and so regret that we cannot offer advice for would-be DIYers. It's just that people often ask so we're just trying to help out by offering a few useful bits and bobs.
Essex Coin Mechanism
Our new Bar Billiards tables are supplied either with an Essex Straight Six Coin-Op mechanism which takes normal coins or an Essex 'Banana' Token mechanism. The Straight Six mechanism can be configured for various different UK coin combinations including 'Freeplay'. Tokens allow a landlord to charge a fixed amount for each game, without having to mess about with the coin mechanism. Remember to order the tokens separately, if you choose this option. To learn more about the Essex coin-op mechanism including how to configure it, please click here.
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Essex Straight 6 Coin-op mechanism (suitable for many tables including Supreme Pool and Supreme Bar Billiards) |
£60.78 | £69.90 | 2 + transit time | ||
For an immediate quote and ETA, add to the basket & select your location. |
Bar Billiards Spare Parts
All the components below are suitable for Jelkes Bar Billiards tables and may not fit other makes of table. Many of the components are no longer made and are scarce - so are effectively second-hand and may not be in mint condition. None-the-less, they will be reconditioned to an acceptable standard for playing in a pub.
Unfortunately we have no more white scoring diamonds but we do have black with silver numbers, rectangular scoring plates. They come in sets of 20 with the following numbers: 3 x 200, 3 x 100, 4 x 50, 2 x 30, 4 x 20, 4 x 10 - the plates are only small but should suffice for scoring. They are approx 20mm x 15mm.
The hole lining rings are new and slightly tapered. The inner diameter is 55mm. The outer diameter of the larger end is 66mm. They should be glued inside each hole. They are usually slightly too big for the holes, so they need to be turned or sanded or cut down so that they fit snugly. Colours may vary (as at Jan 2008, we have white rings in stock).
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Set 9 Bar Billiards hole lining rings |
£14.70 | £16.90 | 2 + transit time | ||
Rexine for front of Bar Billiards table and cushion strip |
£19.91 | £22.90 | 10 + transit time | ||
Length of Bar Billiards cushion rubber (sufficient for 1 Bar Billiards table, not cut to size, L shaped 12 x 13mm) Approx 14ft. |
£19.91 | £22.90 | 2 + transit time | ||
Set of 10 self-adhesive 12.5mm black table spots |
£3.39 | £3.90 | 2 + transit time | ||
Spare key for Jelkes Bar Billiards table |
£11.22 | £12.90 | 2 + transit time | ||
Set of 20 square metal Bar Billiards Table Numbers |
£12.96 | £14.90 | Apologies - product is discontinued | ||
For an immediate quote and ETA, add to the basket & select your location. |
Bar Billiards Cloth
We recommend one of the following 2 types of cloth for most Bar Billiards tables.
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West of England 6811 Cloth - for 7 ft Pool table or 6 ft Snooker table (bed and cushions) |
£65.13 | £74.90 | 2 + transit time | ||
West of England 777 Premier Cloth - for 7 ft Pool table or 6 ft Snooker table (bed and cushions) |
£54.70 | £62.90 | 2 + transit time | ||
For an immediate quote and ETA, add to the basket & select your location. |
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History of Bar Billiards
The similarity of Bar Billiards with Bagatelle, the pub game that was most popular for at least a century after 1770 is so evident that it seems highly likely that Bar Billiards is a derivative of Bagatelle via some lineage but that lineage is, at present, unknown. Beyond that assumed and mysterious connection, it isn't known how Bar Billiards originated but in the early 1930s an Englishman called David Gill observed a game called Russian Billiards (Billiard Russe) being played in Belgium. A Russian link is therefore a possibility but it seems more likely that the game was named so as to sound slightly exotic to the ears of West Europeans at the time.
Gill convinced the English manufacturer Jelks to make a version of the game which he called Bar Billiards. Pubs seemed keen to buy tables and other manufacturers soon got in on the act. The first pub league was created in Oxford in 1936 and shortly afterwards leagues sprang up in Reading, Canterbury and High Wycombe. Eventually, a governing body was formed called the All-England Bar Billiards Association which supervises the game across 18 counties, mainly in the South of England.
There do not appear to be any standards to Bar Billiards rules and at least one other variation is in wide circulation that utilises 4 skittles instead of 3.
Bar Billiards is still popular in the South of England but has, unfortunately, lost a lot of its popularity due to the emergence of American 8 ball Pool.
For more information on Bar Billiards, see the Online Guide to Traditional Games.