SOOTY TIDLEYWINKS

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) with red circle behind midway (on cover)

(none)

«SOOTY»

BY ARRANGEMENT WITH
H. CORBETT

«CHAD VALLEY»

«TIDLEYWINKS»

The bear character Sooty appears at right with its right paw in the air on blue background at the top of the cover.

Harry Corbett (Sooty character creator)

Sooty, bear, puppet

printed under box lid

'Instructions for playing "SOOTY" Tidleywinks'

cardboard box with round notch at the bottom of the box top on the two long aprons.

5 5/16 inches wide — 4 9/16 inches high — 1 ⅞ inches deep

8.7 cm wide — 7.8 cm high — 5.4 cm deep

The wraparound label has a dark blue rectangular background in the top 75%; the rest below in yellow.

"SOOTY" (in yellow with red crosshatch & black shadow) appears at upper left.

The Sooty bear character is looking at the view at right on the blue background, waving with its right paw.

"ARRANGEMENT WITH" over "HARRY CORBETT" (all in black) appears below "SOOTY".

Below is the "Chad Valley" (in black) logo with a bright red filled circle behind the letters "d Va".

Across the bottom of box, "TIDLEYWINKS" (in red) is shown on the yellow rectangular background.

printed rules on offwhite

The bottom long apron: "TIDLEYWINKS" in red on yellow background.

The two short aprons: "TIDLEYWINKS" in white on blue background with an empty yellow background to the side.

The top long apron: "TIDLEYWINKS" in white on blue background.

red overlabel with pattern akin to nerve axons and connection, on box bottom, empty

The game includes a quality green compression-molded plastic cup (1 3/4" top diameter, 1 1/4" bottom diameter, with convex sides having three protruding rings around the midpoint, though vertical at base) that has a slightly wider top rim.

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 (7/8" diameter, cheap plastic with sharp edges and burrs): 1 red, 1 medium-dark blue, 1 green, 1 yellow.

Winks (5/8" diameter, cheaper plastic with sharp edges): 4 red, 4 medium-dark blue, 4 green, 4 yellow.

Rick Tucker