Marble championships
1953 - Marbles championship held at Tineley Green.. the annual good Friday marbles championships were held this morning at the village of Tinsley Green, on the Surrey-Sussex boarder. The contest dates back to Armada days when two village sweins competed for the hand of a maiden in a game of marbles.. Photo shows:- Members of the U.S. Navy team - who played the winners of the championship - are shown the British way of tossing a jolly prior to their match this morning. They are left to right Daniel A. Gleason, who comes from Lowell, Mass, Donald E. Teeter, from Cumberland, Maryland, Bernard L. Parsons, from Parkersburg, West Virginia. George W. Smith, from Mass. France M. Fowler, from Loris, South Caroline, and Fred J. Isabelle. from Mathuen, Mass
