Two thugs waited until Fiona Middleton was about to close Whitburn Bowling Club on Monday night and struck - one threatened the terrified bar manageress with a knife.
Police believe the other man was armed with a hatchet.
Luckily for Fiona, plucky customers confronted the robber who had just snatched over 100 and was about to make his escape. The brave customers pushed a large wheelie bin into the man, slamming him against a pile of beer kegs. He fled across the bowling green with his accomplice. The proper procedure is to lock the doors when closing up which I hadn't done that night. It doesn't bear thinking about that I could have been trapped in there with him.