Card game
The Chad Valley Company Limited
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, paper and printing ink
Measurements
Box - 153mm (length); 103mm (width); 20mm (height), Each card - 80 mm (length); 37 mm (width), Instructions - 125 mm (length); 100 mm (width)
Place of origin
Chad Valley Works
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 657984
Summary
A game entitled 'Hustled History, A Laughable Round Party Game' (on leaflet) in its original cardboard box (two items) and with instruction leaflet (two items). The game consits of 135 white rectangular cards each of which has a different word in black ink and a black and white printed instruction leaflet containing a story about Charles II seeing John sign the Magna Carta. One player reads the story out and pauses at interval at which point one of the other players reads out a word on their allocated cards. The box has a colour illustration of a Charles II observing the signing of the Magna Carta with the words 'Charles II Sees John Sign Magna Charta' at the top and 'Hustled History' at the bottom. There is a small blue rectangular piece of card with '400' in blue ink inside the box. Total number of items is 139.
Makers and roles
The Chad Valley Company Limited, maker