Games Collection (page 8)

Check mate... The games up for one competitor in the mid Northumberland chess congress
Check mate..... The games up for one competitor in the mid Northumberland chess congress

The Mayor and Mayoress of Leamington, Alderman and Mrs. E. H. Fryer opened Leamington Boys Club fete in the Pump Room Gardens. 11th June 1962

Woman pictured at home playing a game of chess. May 1975

Terry Hall with Lenny the lion seen here at home. 1960 A1226-002

Terry Hall with Lenny the lion seen here at home. 1960 A1226-001

Terry Hall with Lenny the lion seen here at home. 1960 A1226-003

Three-year-old Combo on right explains to Freddie (aged 2) the moves of the various chess pieces. November 1962

The great thing about conkers, the traditional English game played with horse chestnuts threaded on string, is that simply anyone can play

First man to get out a pin will be disqualified, first man to burst himself will be well taken care of, first man to burst his balloon - he gets a prize

Frenchmen play Boules in the streets of Poussan, France. April 1975 75-2097

An old man of Paris wearing beret, scarf and coat on a cold day in France as he plays a game of boules April 1975 75-2099-008

Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr have a go at roulette at the Thank you Press party at Les Ambassadeurs, Hamilton Place, May 1969 Z04585-002

Daily Mirror Treasure Hunt at Whitley Bayy, North Tyneside. Crowds of children on the beach during the event. 28th July 1960

Doctors wife Mrs Evelyn Cohen enjoys her first night out playing bingo at Maida Vale. 9th August 1961

Newsagent Mrs Helen Retter picks up up her £83 prize money after a winning night
Newsagent Mrs Helen Retter picks up up her £ 83 prize money after a winning night out playing bingo at Maida Vale. 9th August 1961

Newsagent Mrs Helen Retter (centre) with other members of her syndicate before they pickeds up £ 83 in prize money after a winning night out playing bingo at Maida Vale. 9th August 1961

Mr and Mrs Gibson enjoy a night out at the bingo in Leigh on Sea. 9th August 1961

Mrs Nice enjoys a night out at the bingo in Leigh on Sea. 9th August 1961

Mrs Fielder enjoys a night out playing bingo at Maida Vale. 9th August 1961

Newsagent Mrs Helen Retter picks up her £83 prize money after a winning night out
Newsagent Mrs Helen Retter picks up her £ 83 prize money after a winning night out playing bingo at Maida Vale. 9th August 1961

Mr and Mrs White enjoy a night out at the bingo in Leigh on Sea. 9th August 1961

Sport: Unusual: Humour: Marbles Championship: The Worlds Marbles Championships took place at Crawley, Sussex. About 20 teams, mostly from the South of England plus a team from Belgium took part

An old man playing a game of boules in a street in Paris, France. April 1975 75-2099-002

Frenchmen play Boules in the streets of Poussan, France. April 1975 75-2097-003

In just two minutes, 10 year old Ian Dyer achieves what many adults fail to manage after years of blood, sweat and tears - solve the mystery of the Rubiks Cube in April 1981

Gateshead sixth formers raised more than £200 with a sponsored marathon Monopoly in
Gateshead sixth formers raised more than £ 200 with a sponsored marathon Monopoly in November 1980

Master sleuth Martha Kessler, 12, from Gilesgate, Durham who is practising for theCluedo champ of Great Britain competitiom in April 1977

Tuesday evening in the Durant Hall, Newcastle and brains are in top gear for the Scrabble competition in November 1977

Bricklayer Allan Wilson will "go to jail"for a crime of having a winning way
Bricklayer Allan Wilson will " go to jail" for a crime of having a winning way with words. Allan wrote a catchy slogan to win through to the British Monopoly Championship in August 1979

Marian Dash at the Vaux World Shove Ha penny Championships in Durham in August 1983

Students playing the new Chinese board game GOin April 1977

Monopoly championships held at the nuclear power station at Oldbury near Bristol in September 1977. 12 year old Paul Ellis of Longhirst, West Denton

Youths play on a Space Invaders machine in Newcastle in December 1980

Phil Middlemiss with the Newcastle and Gateshead edition of Monopoly

The latest pastime to his Tyneside in January 1979 is the Chinese board game simply called GO

All the money in the world could not keep Michael Brimer (left) and Gordon Brown from falling asleep in their attemp on the world Monopoly record in June 1978

Here is the latest novelty - The "Peto"a new game in France - where balls are
Here is the latest novelty - The " Peto" a new game in France - where balls are thrown by feet. It is played with a type of cone shaped goblet in plastic fixed to the foot by a band

"The Barber "(left) faces an opponent, Mr. T
" The Barber " (left) faces an opponent, Mr. T. Watson, of Bermondsey, across the four-by-four draught board. Mr

Peter Slough, 13, screws his eyes tight shut and despondently wonders why he volunteered to spend half an hour locked in the stocks while people flings squelchy, ripe tomatoes at him. But, at 6d

(L to right)"The Touchables"Esther Anderson, Judy Huxtable
(L to right)" The Touchables" Esther Anderson, Judy Huxtable, Marilyn Rickard and Kathy Simmonds October 1968

The Untouchables Having a quick game of leap-frog before they have to leave, (top L to R) Judy Huxtable and Marilyn Rickard, (Bottom L to R)Esther Anderson and Kathy Simmonds October 1968

( Left to right) "The Touchables"Esther Anderson, Judy Huxtable
( Left to right) " The Touchables" Esther Anderson, Judy Huxtable, Marilyn Rickard and Kathy Simmonds. October 1968

Fruit machines / Arcades / Amusements / Gambling. January 1975 75-00158-002
Fruit machines/Arcades/Amusements/Gambling. January 1975 75-00158-002

Unusual: Games were played to introduce The New Blue Bag of Salt in the Smith Crisps in Covent Garden yesterday. Models and members of the Covent Garden Community Association competed in a few

One of the smallest primary schools in Coventry, All Saints, in Vecquery Street, is to be replaced at a cost of £ 72

A group of elderly men taking their game of pub dominoes very seriously. Circa 1947

Boogie band leader and singer / guitarist Suzie Quatro, pictured playing snooker at
Boogie band leader and singer/guitarist Suzie Quatro, pictured playing snooker at the Marlborugh pub near the London Palladium today. April 1973 P009718

Pop group The Fourmost on tour A game of cards for members of the band and crew on the tour bus, passes away the time while travelling February 1965

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