JHLewis published Are dominoes devotees dying out? Nottingham guards a great game

The game with dotted tiles is giving ground to pool tables and big-match TV. We report on a plan to preserve the pub and club pastime – and its place in Anglo-Caribbean cultureIt was once a common sight in pubs the length of the land: old codgers nursing pints and pondering sagely over seven little tiles marked with dots.But now the game of dominoes is like the snuff market and some Church of England congregations. Participants are rapidly dying off and there is no queue of youngsters...