Game Information
Chad Valley Games (publisher) AGPI # · P-3161Full Publisher Info
Tidley Winks (game) AGPI # · G-37971
Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 
CVG-58
Title Source · 
game cover
Title, Preserving Case · 
Tidley Winks
Title Language · 
English
Date · 
during or after; 1922 [le] 1937
Date Source

due to Irish Free State listed on cover

Publisher Name on Game

The Chad Valley Games (on cover)

The "Chad Valley" Games (on rules)

Publisher Catalog #

(no catalog number shown on game)

Publisher Mark

"The CHAD VALLEY Games" over "REGD. TRADE MARK" inside oval (on cover)

Cover Text

[logo The CHAD VALLEY Games
REGD. TRADE MARK]

MADE AT HARBORNE, ENGLAND

"CHAD VALLEY"
Regd. Trade Mark
in Gt. Britain & N. Ireland, Irish
Free State, Germany, France,
U.S.A., Union of South Africa,
Australia and New Zealand.

[title Tidley
Winks]

Variant Description

Blue outer border, red background in top 2/3rds; girl at right is wearing a yellow polka dot on black dress

Made In Location Marked · 
Harborne, England
Game Type · 
Keywords
Rules Format

printed under box lid

Rules Overview

"Rules for the Game of TIDLEYWINKS."

Container Type · 
cardboard box
Container Size · (measured in inches)

6 7/16 inches wide — 5 3/16 inches high — 1⅝ inches deep

16.4 cm wide — 13.2 cm high — 4.1 cm deep

Cover Description

The wraparound label has a blue border on the cover. There is a red background in the top 2/3rds.

A girl is standing at right, looking left on the cover, has black hair and is wearing a yellow polka dot on black dress. She is holding a white/yellow squidger on a green surface on a table, having shot a blue wink toward the cup. The wooden-looking cup with a wide base is shown in the lower left. Two white and two red winks are also on the table.

The title, "Tidley" (with the lower stem of the "y" extending several inches down) is above "Winks", all in white with a black border. The title overlays upon the girl, background, and table.

At upper right, "The CHAD VALLEY Games" above "REGD. TRADE MARK" is shown inside an oval, all in black, with "MADE AT HARBORNE, ENGLAND" below.

Below that is |"CHAD VALLEY"| above "Regd. Trade Mark" above "in Gt. Britain & N. Ireland," above "Irish Free State, Germany, France," above "U.S.A., Union of South Africa,", and above "Australia and New Zealand.".

Underlabel Description

(none)

Inside Box Lid

printed rules on offwhite

Apron Descriptions

Two 2 long aprons have an outer blue border with a black horizontal rectangle inside. 14 winks of various colors appear on the rectangle. The 2 short aprons have an outer blue border with a black horizontal rectangle, with "Tidley Winks" (in red) on the rectangle.

Box Bottom Description

gray

Tiddlywinks Targets

A numbered rectangular cardboard target fits inside the box bottom, with a 2" diameter hole at center for the cup. Outside the hole is a red ring (marked "10" in black at bottom), then a yellow ring (marked "5" in black at bottom), and then, to the right, the remainder of the side in blue (marked "2" in white at right), and to the left, the remainder of the side in light green (marked "1" in black at left). The numbered sections are separated by black outlines.

Copy 1 includes:

A nonshiny natural wooden pot measures 1 5/8" in diameter at top, 1 3/4" in diameter at bottom, 1 1/2" tall with a slightly concave side, and a base that is 1/4" wider than the side above it.

Winks

Copy 1 includes:

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

Winks (5/8" in diameter, quality plastic, no burrs): 3 dark blue, 4 red, 4 green, 3 yellow.

Tiddlywinks Felt · 
(no felt in copies examined)
In Collection · 
Database Update Date · 
2023-07-24 10:48:54

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