A group of asylum seekers and refugees were given a lesson in the quintessentially English sport of crown green bowls by some Merseyside pensioners this week.
A group of around 30 students studying English as a second or other language, many from war-torn countries, took part in a unique event in Port Sunlight, Wirral. The course is part of an innovative new programme which puts experimentation at the heart of adult skills learning across the Liverpool City Region’s adult education curriculum.
Under the sizzling midday sun, students from Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, Kurdistan, Eritrea and Iraq, took to the immaculately manicured greens at the historic Port Sunlight Village and Works Bowling Club. There, under the tutelage of experts, they learned the finer points of the genteel pastime, from thumb to finger peg.
