John grew up in the business, helping at the pool hall from a young age and touring Kingswood’s commercial customers with Mike. (He's the cheeky looking little boy third from the right in this old photograph!) There wasn't much he didn't learnt about pool during those years and later, with a business degree under his belt, John began working full time in the family business to meet the growing demand for commercial tables and respond to the surge in home pool playing. With Mike and John’s collective experience, Kingswood has become a major operator in the UK pool market.

The way pool is played has changed hugely in the last few years. The number of home players has increased enormously, especially with the innovation of the pool dining table, and pubs are now family-friendly venues rather than the smokey dens of the past. Pool is a social game for the young and young at heart and increasingly a way to bring friends and family together. How John's children are learning about the game is vastly difference to his own steep learning curve in the Wolverhampton pool halls. So we are innovating by supplying more tables that ever to meet today's home requirements of the game as well as developing ways to support and challenge the pub pool player. All this, in combination with long-standing relationships with the major manufacturers, ensures Kingswood continue to deliver in the future, just as they did in 1974.