Board game
John Waddington Ltd.
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1938
Materials
Cardboard, paper and wood
Measurements
Box - 222 mm (length); 145 mm (width); 40 mm (height), Dice box - 65 mm (length); 40 mm (width); 18 mm (height), Each yellow and brown card - 90 mm (length); 60 mm (width), Each wooden man or woman - 35 mm (height), Each two-hole disc - 28 mm (diameter), Each one-hole disc - 19 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 657931
Summary
A board game entitled 'Milestones' (1938). The label on the lid has 'Milestones' written in brown on a white background. Beneath this is written in green 'The Game Of Life', in brown 'A Round The Table, Card And Board Game', and in green 'For Everyone'. Inside the box is a set of instructions, a small empty box that should have held dice, fifty eight cards with yellow backs representing amenities,gains and setbacks, and ten cards with brown backs representing essentials points of life. There are ten discs with one hole in and five discs with two holes in. Into these can be fitted the pieces which seem to be three men, four women and one woman with a hat. These pieces are made of wood. There is no board for this game. Total number of items is 96.
Makers and roles
John Waddington Ltd., maker