Does anyone know what happened to the Quoit pitching ground which was located just below the Monkland Canal embankment and on the West side of Millburn Street?
Quoits were like discusses but with a hole in the middle for a hand grip, made of cast -iron and thrown over a 25 yard pitch to land nearest to an iron pin set into puddle clay; they must have weighed about 10 pounds.
I suppose the game had its origin in pitching horse shoes but do not know how long its was there, how popular this game was, or whether it was quite unique to this location. Obviously the site would have been cleared post 1960 as the works for the M8 progressed but it may have been relocated?
John