Nostalgia Games

BLOSSOM IN SPRING

This was good to do - not so difficult that you wanted to give up but certainly not so easy that it wasn't a challenge! There are 616 pieces to this 30" x 13" puzzle by an unknown maker; there are about ten whimsies which would suggest that the jigsaw wasn't made by a well-known maker. There is one very tiny knib broken and missing, otherwise it is complete. It comes in an old Lotus Shoe box. PRICE: £80.00


I'M HOME AND HAVE BEEN BUSY TRYING TO UPDATE THE SITE. I'M TRYING TO GET THROUGH JIGSAWS AS FAST AS I CAN BUT SOME OF THEM TAKE TIME. THE LAST ONE WE DID WAS MISSING TOO MANY PIECES TO BE OF INTEREST (AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE THE PIECES WHEN I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN NO ONE WOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT!) SO THAT WAS TIME WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER USED....BUT WHEN YOU BUY SIGHT UNSEEN AS I DO, THIS HAPPENS! ANYWAY, THERE ARE ONE OR TWO NEW PUZZLES AND SOME NEW GAMES ON HERE SO SEE IF YOU CAN FIND THEM!



HOW TO ORDER: SEE LIST TO THE LEFT.

(If you don't want to read all my ramblings, carry on scrolling down the page where you'll find some of my many games and jigsaws - otherwise, keep on reading!

WELCOME TO ALL NEWCOMERS (AND OLD-COMERS!) YOU PROBABLY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR BUT DO HAVE A LOOK AT ALL THE PAGES...THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T EXPECT!

SEE THE LAST PAGE FOR HOW TO ORDER

I HAVE JUST PUT SEVERAL JIGSAWS ON THE SITE BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO SEARCH FOR THEM!

IF YOU HAVE ANY GAMES OR JIGSAWS YOU WANT TO SELL PLEASE CONTACT ME AND, IF IT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, I WILL MAKE A FAIR OFFER!

DON'T FORGET TO BOOKMARK THIS SITE!

This page has a few of everything, to whet your appetite, so scroll down for a look. I'm afraid I haven't a search facility but it's quick to look through the pages and almost every game etc mentioned has a photo. If you're looking for anything that isn't showing, email me and I'll see if I can find it - or I might even have it, hiding somewhere in my stock room.

OSCAR

This is always a popular board game with its twelve 1940's film stars, its 'fine living' and its own Oscar! There is a large board - in great condition, in this case - with a smaller box containing 'money', cards, playing pieces including dice and Oscar as well as the rule sheet.
The board is illustrated with lots of great pictures showing the rise to fame of a film star and is superbly coloured. PRICE: £85.00

STIRLING MOSS' RALLY - PEPYS

This is a slightly more modern game but I liked the look of it! It is based on the Monte Carlo Rally of 1954 which Stirling Moss entered - the next year he won the Italian Mille Miglia rally in record time. This copy of the game is complete and in lovely condition with the Speed cards, the Hazard cards, the car cards the 3 Route Strips and the rules. The box has been taped and there is a small tear part way along two sides along with a previous owner's name. PRICE: £25.00 SOLD

FRANKLYN'S SHAGG TIN SOLITAIRE

This is a great word puzzle which was made in the late 1930's as an advertising gimmick. The idea is to place the letters into the tin then move them around by sliding - just like the 1-15 games and the later plastic number puzzles. This one is complete and in lovely condition. PRICE: £40.00

FOTO-FINISH

This is a record (you younger people will have to ask an oldie what I'm talking about) which plays at 33 1/3 r.p.m. I believe you can make up your own rules about how to play this game but basically there are two races (one on each side) and each runner can be a possible winner. There is a set of cards to mark down your proposed flutter but, unfortunately, there is no box. The record has a different picture on each side and is quite attractive. I've just tested it and the record works really well, with different winners each time! - and the commentator's voice is SO old-fashioned! PRICE: £35.00

PETER RABBIT'S RACE GAME

This is a much-sought-after game with its lead figures of Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddleduck, Mr.Toad and Squirrel Nutkin and a three-fold board game. The unpainted figures are in quite good condition (Peter has sadly lost an ear). The board is scuffed on the edges and the paper on the inside of its folds has split but it is, nevertheless, in very good, playable condition and at this price, even a collector would find it good value! PRICE: £75.00 (for a better photo!! please email me and I'll try harder) RESERVED FOR PH
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THE GAME OF SPELLICANS

This is a set of Victorian bone Spellicans made around 1890. There are around 28 carved bone pieces including two 'hooks' and 26 playing pieces. They come in their original mahogany slide-top box with its green label. The playing pieces are in good condition and the box is complete and in excellent condition for its age. PRICE: £25.00

GREYHOUND RACING GAME

This is a really excellent game made by Spear around 1932. As you can see from the photo, the graphics on this quite large box are superb. Inside is an excellent three-fold board illustrated by the same artist, a set of five gorgeous little tin greyhounds together with a hare and a nice dice cup and die. The box is in good condition apart from one split corner and consequent slight tear. PRICE: £35.00

BUCCANEER GAME

This is an early boxed set with separate board. The ships are there with their sails and some toothpicks to attach the sails. Many of the jewels remain along with barrels and two sets of cards but only one "gold bar" is there. There is a large square hole in the centre of the board where you put the "Treasure Island" (a cardboard box with all the treasure in) and a set of rules which I've copied off the internet because the original ones are lost. The whole lot is in remarkably good condition considering it must date to the middle of the twentieth century if not before. PRICE: £70.00

CHAD VALLEY CHINESE CHECKERS

This is a nice, big set in really good condition and in a good box. Instead of the usual pegs or marbles this has some different coloured plastic 'umbrella' shaped pieces that sit in the holes. The set is clean andcomplete with all its pieces and the board is good. PRICE: £18.00

CHAD VALLEY SCOUTING GAME - COMPLETE

This is a gorgeous, complete game with a heavy board and seven hand-painted tin scouts and the rules in the lid. The game is played without dice, each of the two "teams" moving in turn. One scout (he has black trousers) is a Despatch runner and has to go from the top to the bottom of the board and back with a message and its answer. At the bottom are the six other scouts who have to try to hem the despatch runner in. The board is beautiful, the base of the box is good, the lid has a wonderful picture but is missing an edge and other bits. One of the scouts is missing his head but the piece is still usable. [I have looked all over to find when this was made. Chad Valley produced their first Scouting game around 1910 but this board doesn't have pictures of Baden Powell at the top and the picture on the lid is slightly different.] PRICE: £40.00

SUBBUTEO TABLE CRICKET – DISPLAY EDITION

The lid tells me that this game comes with “00 scale player figures, stumps, balls etc.” This set is from the late 1960’s (there’s a dated price list) and appears to me to be complete and in excellent condition. There are also The Rules, score sheets, and tiny initials which are still on their sheet but which can be carefully cut out and stuck to the players so you can identify the individual players. The game is in great condition as is the box – though it has a little staining on one side. PRICE: £45.00

JAQUES "NEW GAME OF HALMA"

This is a set of Halma men and their rules. The original board is missing but I could supply one made by another manufacturer. The set is in its original box which has been treated a little badly in that one portion of one long side is missing so that the sliding lid has nothing to slide into on that side - but the graphics are good. The leaflet describing "How to Play Halma" is mostly complete (missing its back cover) and has come apart on the sewn edge. PRICE: £10.00

SPOIL-FIVE

This is a Chad Valley version of Peggity. There is a grid of 16 x16 holes and a number of pegs which fit into these holes. The object is to get a line of five pegs of your colour and stop the other players from doing the same. This set has a large number of wooden pegs in four different colours and a very good grid which isn’t “collapsed”. The grid in this set is made of card-board. PRICE: £20.00

EN ROUTE – JAQUES

This is an Edwardian game - dated by its use of pre-1917 Russian names of places. The big board has been taped together where the paper has split but there is also a certain amount of fabric still holding the two folds together. A child has written on the map in pencil some of the more modern place-names though they aren't necessarily spelled right! The game board comes with a smaller box containing counters, tickets, route lists, and the rules. The counters are all stained bone in various colours. There is one ticket called "Passport" missing but it would be easily replaced with a piece of white card with Passport written on it! The box, too, has been taped but is complete and holds the pieces well and there is a really great picture of a steam train on the lid! PRICE:£60.00

MAGICO RUB-IT ZODIAC

This is another in the series of Magico Rub-Its. I've had football ones and a dancing clown - this has answers in the bottom, zodiac figures around the edge, a wizard on the outside edge and a curled green snake which you use to point to the answer to your question. You briskly rub the plastic on the top, creating static electricity and the 'snake' jumps up to the underneath then you ask your question and wait for the 'snake' to drop on to your answer. A fun item! PRICE: £12.00 (I just asked it if I'd win the lottery today....it said "Maybe"!)

JIG-STAR

This is a complete set of this great-to-look-at card game! It was made by Murphy Games in the 1930’s. The object of the game is to get as close to making one of the six characters as you can with your eight cards. The characters include: Ginger Rogers; Fred Astaire; Freddie Bartholomew; Shirley Temple; Charlie Chaplin and Charles Laughton. The cards are in excellent condition and come in their original box which is in reasonable condition though one end of the outer slide box is missing. (The cards and rules fit so well into the inner box that they don’t fall out!) PRICE: £40.00