Snooker
With almost 600,000 residents, Sheffield is one of the north of England's biggest cities. It was built upon steel and other metal industries - including the manufacture of fine cutlery. However, nowadays, in other parts of the country, people are more likely to say the word "snooker" when asked what Sheffield is famous for. At this time of year and every year the World Championship Snooker Tournament is held in the city's "Crucible" theatre. In the space where plays and musicals happen during the rest of the year, you will see snooker tables and men with wooden cues potting snooker balls into pockets or sometimes failing to pot them. It can be just as dramatic as the plays that are performed upon that stage. Snooker evolved in British India in the second half of the nineteenth century. It was largely connected with another table top game called billiards that was also played by Army officers. To play snooker you need a large heavy table with a flat su...