TIDLEY PINS

The Chad Valley Games (on cover)

The "Chad Valley" Games (on rules)

(no catalog number shown on game)

"THE CHAD VALLEY GAMES" in long oval with concave corners (on cover)

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«TIDLEY
PINS»

«THE CHAD VALLEY GAMES»

MADE AT HARBORNE, ENGLAND

bowling, tenpins, bowling pin

printed under box lid

"Rules for Playing the Game of 'TIDLEY PINS.'"

cardboard box

6 11/16 inches wide — 5 7/16 inches high — 1 7/16 inches deep

97 cm wide — 9 cm high — 2.7 cm deep

The top label has an outer border with thin yellow and black stripes that are perpendicular to the edges. The main background is blue.

"TIDLEY PINS" appears at the bottom in red with 3D-effect extensions of letters toward back, with white extensions. On top of "TIDLEY" are 6 skittles pins: yellow, light green, red, blue, light blue, and orange. Behind those is a wooden-looking cup and 10 winks in the air and flying into it.

The logo, "THE CHAD VALLEY GAMES", is shown at lower left in an oval with concave corners.

"MADE AT HARBORNE, ENGLAND" appears at lower right.

purplE

printed rules

purple, empty

light brown with edges of box bottom's purple overlabel

Copy 1 includes:

An unfinished natural wooden cup (1 1/2" top and bottom diameter, slightly convex (near top) then slightly concave (above protruded base) sides, 1 1/4" minimum diameter)

Shiny painted bowling pins (1 13/16" tall, 1/2" diameter at base, each with a hole up from the bottom): 1 red, 2 natural, 1 green, 2 dark blue.

Squidger (1 5/32" diameter, bone): 1 dirty yellow (with 2 chips).

Squidger (27/32" diameter, quality plastic, shiny, no burrs): 1 yellow, 1 dark green.

Winks (21/32" diameter, bone): 2 red.

Wink (11/16" diameter, bone): 1 dull dirty pale green.

Wink (9/16" diameter, bone): 1 dirty yellow.

Winks (19/32" diameter, bone): 3 bright medium green, 1 blue.

Wink (19/32" diameter, cheap plastic): 1 red.

Die (3/8" cube): 1 red with white pips.

Copy 2 includes:

A shiny finished natural wooden cup (1 1/2" top and bottom diameter, concave side above protruding base, 1" minimum diameter), with 2 black rings around base and an unfinished bottom.

Shiny painted bowling pins (1 13/16" tall, 1/2" diameter at base, each with a hole up from the bottom): 2 red, 2 natural, 1 green, 1 dark blue.

Squidgers (1 1/4" diameter, bone, not shiny): dark red, deep purple, eroded dark green, dirty yellow (with 1 chip).

Winks (19/32" diameter, bone): 1 bright red, 1 medium blue, 1 bright green, 3 bright yellow.

Rick Tucker