Marbles Championship At Tinsley Green 1938

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Tinsley Green, West Sussex.

Various shots of the 351st Marbles Championship being played before an enormous crowd in the forecourt of the Old Greyhound Inn. Crawley busmen play against a team from Copthorne. An old man with a beard takes his turn at flicking a marble.

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17102
Sort Number:
38/032
Time in/Out:
01:01:53:00 / 01:02:37:00
Canister:
38/32
Film ID:
961.03
Issue Date:
21/04/1938

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