Gloucestershire Old Spots as there are fewer than 1000 registered breeding females. An application has been made to gain European Commission Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) status for Old Spots pig meat. This was granted on 29 July 2010. The TSG certification attests that a particular food product objectively possesses specific characteristics which differentiate it from all others in its category, and that its raw materials, composition or method of production have been consistent for a minimum of 30 years. The GOS is a large breed, white in colour with a minimum of one distinct black spot. It has lop ears which will almost
English billiards (or ) shot, which came from carom or carambole billiards, a three-ball game popular in various countries of western Continental Europe, especially popularized by France (and today also popular in many parts of Asia and South America). In the 1700s, the carambole game added a red to the two white cue balls, and dispensed with the pockets. This ball was adopted into the English game, which retained the pockets, and the goal was to cannon off both the red and the opponent's ball on a single shot, earning 2 points. This influence on the English game appears to have come