Card game
James Galt & Co. Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
circa 1981
Materials
Card, paper and plastic
Measurements
Each piece - 192 mm (width); 192 mm (height); 40 mm (depth)
Place of origin
Cheadle
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 658000
Summary
A game entitled 'Connect' in its orginal box (circa 1981). A square cardboard box with a printed colour photograph on the lid depicting three children, two boys and one girl building a linked system of connect cards along the carpet. Around the photograph and sides of the box is an orange border headed 'Galt Toys Connect'. Various manufacturing details, the designer of the game and a brief summary of how to play are also given. There is also mention of 'The Toys (Safety) Regulations 1974' and a proposed EEC safety standard. The game is sealed within the original clear plastic packaging and various square cards and printed instructions can be seen embedded in a white plastic inlay. The game contains 140 cards and is similar to dominoes but with long coloured connecting lines travelling various distances instead of spots. It can be played by two to ten players, aged five upwards. Total number of items is 2.
Makers and roles
James Galt & Co. Ltd, maker Ken Garland and Associates , designer