hippo girl 1,995 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Oh did I forget to post, present company excluded.....the Nottstalgian men are BOSS 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Aaaaaaaaarghhh! Now I'll be suspicious of the whole lot of yer. Edited to ask. BOSS? Do I really want to know? ;-) 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,616 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 # 44. There was never a shortage of boys around me when I was in my prime!! But many of you Nottstalgian men would still have been playing with your marbles at that point. I feel a song coming on.... You were 'born too late for me to notice you..." 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Sadly, a few of us have lost our marbles since that time, Margie. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,795 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 #53. What d'mean about prime margie ? You ladies still are ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Some of the men are still playing with their marbles, MargieH. (#53) 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 I think most blokes have lost their marbles............ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Wadya mean losing marbles? Lol. We are mature blokes, we know a good marble when we see one! Right lads? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 I'm not going there. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Marbles I'd have loved some marbles It would have give me something different to play with Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,616 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 All this talk about marbles has made me wonder.... What did we call the large glass marbles - not the ball bearing ones. I feel sure they had a name but I can't remember it. Yes, girls played marbles in the playground too - we didn't just do skipping!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,279 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 i know we called the ones with RED' in em we called ;Blood Alleys'.......... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 The larger ones were called Twoers. Hence double the size of the normal ones. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,616 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Thanks for that FLY. I think that was what they were called where I lived, too. And Benjamin, I can remember blood alleys. Were there any more special names for particular marbles? What about those which were just one colour - did they have a special name? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 'Bullies' I think was the term we used for ball bearings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 We called ball bearings steelys. We always had a ready supply of various sizes, nicked out of the scrap bunkers of the bus sheds on Turney St. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Margie, I’ve got a couple of books about games from the past and the only names they mention for marbles are:- taw, shooter, alleys, mibs and ducks. I don’t suppose it’s any of those. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OrphanAnnie 296 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 I love Nottingham because whenever I am reminiscing (which seems to be more often as the years fly by) it is places/people there I am thinking about. Such as schooldays, first crush, first love, memories happy and sad. As I've mentioned before when we first came to Nottingham in 1966 we lived in the Meadows, and I find that more and more that house and shop figure in my dreams even though most of the people in the dreams I do not know and there are changes in the surroundings but the shop and living rooms remain the same. Sorry sounds weird!! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,279 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 'Bullies' I think was the term we used for ball bearings. Yes Stu I remember 'Bullies' I had a 'Golden one'............just the one sadly........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,279 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 #58 orphan annie I too have weird dreams most nights,about places I used to live and people I used to know,even though not thought about them for years,.......often wake up and can't for the life of me know which house i'm in,......only lasts a few seconds, very Weird,........luckily not called the wife by another name yet,............that 'Duck' word comes in really handy.....lol. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,616 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Dave, I remember using the term 'shooter' but not any of the others. Stu, we used to call the big ball bearings 'bullies' too. I still think there was a special name for a one colour marble. I think I had an all blue one..... I hated it when I lost one of my favourites to someone else Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,616 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 I was just telling Paul about the names for marbles and he asked if anyone could remember flicking cigarette cards towards a wall..... The person who got nearest to the wall got all the cards. Mind you he thinks that was when he lived in Grimsby about 60 years ago so maybe kids in Nottingham didn't do that? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Skills sold a net of marbles..with a ' lucky' in each net. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Here's a few marble names to stir the memories, taken from Wikipedia. 'Alleys was a term I remember, and shooters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(toy)#Marble_terminology http://www.imarbles.com/kindsofmarbles.php Aggie - made of agate (aggie is short for agate) or glass resembling agate, with various patterns like in the alley Alley or real - made of marble or alabaster (alley is short for alabaster), streaked with wavy or other patterns with exotic names like corkscrew, spiral, snake, ribbon, onyx, swirl, bumblebee, and butterfly Ade - strands of opaque white and color, making lemon-ade, lime-ade, orange-ade, etc. Cat's eye or catseye - central eye-shaped colored inserts or cores (injected inside the marble) Beachball - three colors and six vanes Devil's eye - red with yellow eye Clambroth - equally spaced opaque lines on a milk-white opaque base. Rare clams can have blue or black base glass. Medium-high value for antique marbles; rare base color valued much higher. Lutz - antique, handmade German swirl, containing bands of fine copper flakes that glitter like gold. Erroneously thought to have been invented by noted glassmaker Nicholas Lutz. Medium-high value for antique marbles, depending on specific sub-type of Lutz design. Oilie or oily - opaque with a rainbow, iridescent finish Onionskin - antique, handmade German swirl, with many closely packed surface streaks. Medium price range for antique marbles. Opaque - a popular marble that comes in many colors Oxblood - a streaky patch resembling blood Pearls - opaque with single color with mother of pearl finish Toothpaste - also known as plainsies in Canada. Wavy streaks usually with red, blue, black, white, orange. Turtle - wavy streaks containing green and yellow Bumblebee - modern, machine-made marble; mostly yellow with two black strips on each side China - glazed porcelain, with various patterns similar to an alley marble. Geometric patterns have low value; flowers or other identifiable objects can command high prices.Plaster - a form of china that is unglazed Commie or common - made of clay; natural color or monochrome coloration. Made in huge quantities during 19th and early 20th centuries. Bennington - clay fired in a kiln with salt glaze—usually brown, often blue. Other colorations fairly scarce. Fairly low value. Crock - made from crockery (earthenware) clay Croton alley or jasper - glazed and unglazed china marbled with blue Crystal or clearie or purie - any clear colored glass - including "opals," "glimmers," "bloods," "rubies," etc. These can have any number of descriptive names such as "deep blue sea", "blue moon", "green ghost", "brass bottle". Princess - a tinted crystal Galaxy - modern, machine-made marble; lots of dots inserted to look like a sky of stars Indian - antique, handmade German marble; dark and opaque, usually black, with overlaid groups of color bands; usually white, and one or more other colors. Can also have many colors like blue, green and scarlet. Medium price range for antique marbles. Mica - antique, handmade German marble; glassy to translucent with streaks or patches of mica, ranging from clear to misty. Value depends on glass color. Steely - made of steel; a true steely (not just a ball-bearing) was made from a flat piece of steel folded into a sphere and shows a cross where the corners all come together. Sulphide - antique, handmade German marble; large (1.25 to 3+ inch) clear glass sphere with a small statuette or figure inside. Most common are domesticated animals such as dogs, cats, cows, etc.; then wild animals; human figures are scarce; inanimate objects such as a train or pocket watch are very rare and command high prices. The interior figures are made of white clay or kaolin, and appear a silvery color due to light refraction. A sulphide with a colored-glass sphere, or with a painted figure inside, is also very rare and brings a high price. Like other types of antique marbles, sulphides have been reproduced and faked in large quantities. Swirly - is a common marble made out of glass with one swirly color. Tiger- clear with orange-yellow stripes Baby - white with colours visible on the outside Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Margie, one flat cigarette packet was sloped against a wall, and we took it in turns to skim other packets in an attempt to knock it down. The successful skimmer won what was on the floor. I played that at Berridge Juniors 54-7. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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