Joyce Gardner

Joyce Gardner
Born (1910-08-24)August 24, 1910
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Died 1981
Sport country  England
Tournament wins
World Champion 1931-33, 1935-38

Joyce Gardner (1910 - 1981) was an English professional English billiards player.

Early Life

Joyce Winifred Frances Gardner was born on 24th August 1910 in Gloucester.[1] While living in Gloucester Joyce's parents ran the Glevum Billiard hall. [2] But Joyce didn't take up billiards until the family moved to London where her father ran a billiards saloon in Holborn. [3] Initially she took up millinery and dressmaking, but she discovered that she had a skill for potting balls whilst helping her father clear up the billiard tables. [4]

Career

She won the World Professional Ladies Billiards Championship seven times during the 1930s.[5]

Later Life

Joyce married Arthur Williams on 9th October 1937 at St. Marylebone Parish Church in London.[6] She made two film appearances: It Happened in Leicester Square in 1949; and Jumping for Joy in 1956 where she played a billiards player.[7] It was reported that Joyce tutored the latter film's star Frankie Howard who in the film "has a number of hair-raising interludes in a London billiards saloon".[8] Joyce Gardner died on 29th August 1981 in Pinner, Middlesex.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Joyce Winifred Frances Gardner in the Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913". search.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  2. ↑ "Girl Billiards Player". Gloucester Citizen. 22 January 1930. Retrieved 22 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Gloucester Girl as Cueist". Gloucester Citizen. 1 April 1930. Retrieved 22 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ "Girl Billiards Champion". Gloucester Citizen. 15 February 1932. Retrieved 22 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ "World Billiards » Blog Archive » World Ladies Billiards Champions". www.world-billiards.com. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  6. ↑ "Woman Billiards Champion to Wed". Nottingham Journal. 24 September 1937. Retrieved 20 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ "Joyce Gardner". BFI. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  8. ↑ "Caption to photo of Joyce Gardner and Frankie Howard". Northern Whig. 11 October 1955. Retrieved 22 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  9. ↑ "Joyce Winifred Frances Williams in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995". search.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
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