Game Information

Malcolm J. Watkins, Game-Makers 2 the Empire: Roberts Bros. of Gloucester 1890–1957, pages 2–3, which indicates that this Big Ben is a "New entry to the 1939 catalogue".

Glevum Games (on cover)

"Glevum" Games (on rules)

(no catalog number shown on game)

"GLEVUM" then Roman profile and helmet, then "GAMES" in an oval

[title BIG BEN
A CLOCK TIDLEY WINK GAME]

MADE IN ENGLAND

[logo GLEVUM GAMES
TRADE MARK]

Big Ben, clock, time, clock tower, curtains, Parliament, tiddlywinks

white label under box lid

Includes rules for three games: 1, "ROUND THE CLOCK"; 2, "TOTALS"; and 3, "PATIENCE".

10¼ inches wide — 11¾ inches high —⅞ inches deep

26 cm wide — 29.8 cm high — 2.2 cm deep

The top label has a white outer border, then a black line. The background at top is red (wall) with a window looking out into the night, with a blue sky and white starts, at a clock tower showing 7:00 o'clock. The window has green curtains with yellow specks.

A boy (blonde hair, light blue shirt, red/yellow tie) at left is smiling and sitting at a table with a green top, holding a red squidger in his right hand.

A girl (reddish hair, yellow outfit with green specks, white collar, black bow at neck) at right has both hands holding a red squidger on a yellow wink.

On the table is a white square with a clock face shown in black with roman numerals from I through XII, and clock hands.

At lower left is "MADE IN ENGLAND" in black.

At lower right is the oval logo, with "GLEVUM" then a profile of a Roman soldier with a helmet facing left, and "GAMES". Below the oval is "TRADE MARK".

red

rules label

Red with no design.

tan with edges of red wrap-around underlabel.

The game target is a cardboard clock (9 3/4" square) with a white background and blue markings.

Each corner depicts a different character, with a boy on a stool at upper right, a girl with both hands up and wearing a hat at lower right, a boy with a hat tooting a horn at lower left, and a girl wearing a wide dress at upper left. Each corner has a partial circular curve beneath it.

The clock itself has a double circle outer border that is marked in sections for each minute and with a wider mark every hour (or every 5 seconds). Inside them the clock numeral appear, with "XII" at top, then clockwise, "I" through "XI". Inside the numerals are round solid blue circles. The clock hands show a time of 9:13.

1 plastic squidger (7/8" in diameter) and 3 winks (5/8" in diameter), with no burrs, are provided in teal, green, red, and yellow.