Game Information

Advertisement in Manchester Evening News, 21 November 1957, page 7, column last [link https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000272/19571121/007/0007]

Chad Valley (on cover, rules)

(no catalog number shown on game)

"CHAD VALLEY" in black plain text with outline of elephant behind "LL" (on cover)

[title SOOTY]

[logo CHAD VALLEY]

BY ARRANGEMENT WITH
H. CORBETT

MADE IN ENGLAND

[title TIDDLEYWINKS]

Bear character Sooty (at right) is shooting a wink into target at left. The Chad Valley logo includes an elephant. Red overlabel on box bottom.

Harry Corbett (Sooty character creator)

tiddlywinks, Sooty, bear, puppet

printed under box lid

|Instructions for playing "SOOTY" Tidleywinks|

5 5/16 inches wide — 4⅝ inches high — 1 15/16 inches deep

13.5 cm wide — 11.7 cm high — 4.9 cm deep

The wraparound label has a yellow background in the top 75% and red below.

"SOOTY" (in dark blue with black outline) appears at upper left.

The logo with "CHAD VALLEY" in black with an elephant outline behind "LL" (all in black) appears at upper right.

"TIDDLEYWINKS" (in white) is shown on a red rectangle at the bottom of the cover.

The bear character called Sooty is shown at right in yellow with brown ears, shooting with its paw at winks at lower center.

At left-center is a depiction of the target from the box bottom.

"BY ARRANGEMENT WITH" over "H. CORBETT" (in black) appears at lower left of the yellow background.

"MADE IN ENGLAND" (in black) appears at lower right of the yellow background.

(none)

printed rules on offwhite

On all 4 aprons: "TIDDLEYWINKS" (in red in italic) on a yellow background.

red overlabel on box bottom, empty

The game includes a cheaply made pink plastic cup (1 3/4" top diameter, 1 1/4" bottom diameter, with slightly convex sides, though vertical at base) (In Copy 1, the top rim of the cup is chipped).

A rectangular cardboard target fits in the box bottom and has a 1 3/4" diameter hole for the cup. The rest of the target has 4 quadrants, clockwise starting at upper left: Sooty playing a xylophone (on a blue background); Sooty in a blue outfit (on a yellow background); Sooty standing, holding a rod in its right hand (on a green background); and Sooty holding a briefcase marked "S" (on a red background).

Copy 1 includes:

Squidgers (1" diameter, quality plastic, no burrs): 1 dull mustard green, 1 yellow, 1 dull green, 1 red.

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

Winks (5/8" diameter, quality plastic, no burrs): 1 dark blue, 2 yellow, 5 dull green, 2 red (same as squidger), 1 slightly brighter red,.

Wink (5/8" diameter, cheaper plastic, burr): 1 bright red.