Vintage Tiddlywinks/Tidleywinks Boxed Game

Now isn’t this a lovely piece of nostalgia? It’s a Vintage Tiddlywinks/Tidleywinks Game made by Chad Valley Games, Harborne, UK. It was made after the company moved to the Harborne works and dates to about the 1930s.

The game comes with the original cardboard box, with the instructions printed on the inside of the lid; inset Plastic cup, with plastic die and counters.

Approximate size:
Width: 16.8cm
Depth: 13.1cm
Height: 4cm

The set is in pretty good vintage condition, with some discolouration/scuffing/scratching, but there are several counters and shooters missing.

It contains:-

• The small board with inset plastic cup
• One small black die
• One each of the following ‘Flippers’ or ‘Shooters’; green, blue, yellow red
• The following counters:-
  1 x red
  1 x blue
  1x black
  1x white
  1x yellow
  4x orange
  2x dark green
  1 x sage green
  1x pale green

You use the larger circular ‘shooters/flippers’ to flip the smaller round ‘counters’ into the cup in the middle of the target. You score 20 points if the counter enters the bucket!

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