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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:27 pm    Post subject: Marbles Reply with quote

I've just been reminiscing marble games on another forum...we had names like peewee, bloodsucker, bot, tombola, but the highest value was a purple and yellow marble. I cannot think of its name and it's driving me mad.
It's a bit of a long shot after all this time, but can anyone remember?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The brain cells finally kicked in....it was called a Checkmate.
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