Glevum Series

Glevum Series (text)

[title Motoring]

BRITISH MANUFACTURE

Glevum Series

MADE IN ENGLAND

motoring, car, umbrella, chicken, egg, carrot, rabbit, balloon, hat, ornament, basket, convertible

label under box lid

"MOTOR TOUR OR TOURING" (English)

"VIAJE EN COCHE MOTRIZ. REGLAS." (Spanish)

"TOUR EN AUTO" (French)

10⅝ inches wide — 7⅞ inches high —⅞ inches deep

27 cm wide — 20 cm high — 2.2 cm deep

Label with white outer border, then black line, red, then black line.

Background in top two-thirds is dark blue. Below is yellow (road) and greenery with light brown gate.

"Motoring" appears at center top over the blue background. The right leg of the letter "M" curves down under to the "r".

Main illustration is of a red open-air car, heading toward right. It has a golden ornament at front of hood. It has a spare tire by the driver's door. Driving is a person with a red hat, red/black scarf, and yellow top. Other person in front seat is a woman with a green hat, green top, and white/black scarf. In back seat is a woman without a hat, wearing a red top and white collar. Also in back seat is a woman with a green hat, red/white scarf, and yellow top. Three balloons are hanging behind the car: red, green, yellow.

To left of car is an old man, bald at top and wearing a gray/light blue jacket, and gray knickers. He is being swept off his feet as the car drives by. Streaming behind him in the air are a variety of objects: a green umbrella, a yellow rabbit, a gray hat, a dark gray basket with white eggs, a yellow/red chicken, lettuce, and carrots.

At bottom left: "BRITISH MANUFACTURE" (in red).

At bottom center: "Glevum Series" (in red).

At bottom right: "MADE IN ENGLAND" (in red).

red

Red with no design.

gray with edges of red wrap-around paper from box bottom

Bifold thin cardboard game board (13 3/4" by 7 5/8") marked at top with "MOTORING" (yellow on red oval with black outline). Outer border is red, then black line.

Board is a race track starting by long building at left, marked "START" (red) and also "108" (black). "FINISH" (yellow on black overhead banner) is at upper end of the same building at left, by the space marked "GAME" (red) and "5" (black). Numbered spaces go from 1 to 112. If one lands on 22, 71, 74, or 88, the player needs to take a sidetrack route to a barrier and back.

Race track has a yellow background. The background outside the race track is green: fields, trees, lawns, etc., with some water to right and hills at rear.

At bottom left: "BRITISH MANUFACTURE" (black).

At bottom center: "GLEVUM" (in quotes) then "SERIES" (black).

At lower right: "MADE IN ENGLAND" (black).

4 colored round wooden playing pieces (3/4" diameter, 1/4" high): 1 dull yellow, 1 green, 1 red, 1 dark blue.

1 wooden die, with brown dots (3/8" each side).