Board game
Geographia Map Company
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
366 mm (width); 495 mm (height)
Place of origin
Fleet Street, 55
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670565
Summary
A folded dark red bargello patterned thick card, board game. A large label on the front shows a red sports car descending a steep hill into a scene of fields and roads with clusters of red roofed houses with the blue sea to the left. 'Touring England' is boldly printed in red with details of the game in black print. Inside the board shows a yellow map of England surrounded by blue sea with just the tip of France and Northern Ireland shown. Roads and towns are marked. Rules of the game are printed in black in the top right hand corner.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr and Mrs Gammons in February 1994.
Marks and inscriptions
At the top of the label on the front cover: 'DAVID GAMMONS 27.4.1941'
Makers and roles
Geographia Map Company , printer