Fairway Bowling closes, candlepins fall

Early on in the 1950s, women were regular daytime bowlers, and men were avid after-work bowlers, wearing colorful shirts bearing their company or civic organization logo. When women went to work in the 1970s and 1980s the bowling scene changed. Fairway Bowling had decent numbers of weekend but it just wasn't enough to stay open in this economy.
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By Sarah Moomaw, Globe Correspondent
Early on in the 1950s, women were regular daytime bowlers, and men were avid after-work bowlers, wearing colorful shirts bearing their company or civic organization logo. When women went to work in the 1970s and 1980s the bowling scene changed.

Fairway Bowling had decent numbers of weekend but it just wasn't enough to stay open in this economy.