Parlour game
Jarrold and Sons
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
103 mm (width); 162 mm (height)
Place of origin
Paternoster Row, 12
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670716
Summary
A small booklet explaining how to play 'The Old Family Coach, An Amusing Game for a Large Party of Children'. There are two sheets of paper, sewn together and folded in the centre to form eight pages.
Marks and inscriptions
At the top edge of the front page: 'The Church House/ Pro bono publico.' At the lower edge of the front page: 'If only a few children play each/ child must take the part of two or/ three.'
Makers and roles
Jarrold and Sons, printer