[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] Margaret Lennan beat Joyce Gardner 1000–960 at Hull in September 1928 in a match billed as the British Championship.

[16] She was a guest on the introductory episode of the second series of the popular British TV snooker show Pot Black in 1970.

[19] She made two film appearances: It Happened in Leicester Square in 1949; and Jumping for Joy in 1956 where she played a billiards player.

[21] She continued playing until her late sixties and became the only woman member of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.