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The British and World Marbles Championship is a marbles knock-out tournament that takes place annually on Good Friday and dates back to 1588. It is held at the Greyhound public house in Tinsley Green , West Sussex . [ 1 ]
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The British and World Marbles Championship has been held at Tinsley Green's pub, The Greyhound, every year since 1932. [ 39 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Traditionally, the marbles-playing season started on Ash Wednesday and lasted until midday on Good Friday : playing after that brought bad luck. [ 41 ]
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The British and World Marbles Championship is said to date back to 1588. [26] The modern competition takes place every Good Friday at the Greyhound pub in Tinsley Green , West Sussex, and has run continuously since 1932, with exceptions for World War II [ 27 ] and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic .
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The British and World Marbles Championship has been held at Tinsley Green, West Sussex, England, every year since 1932. [17] [18] [19] (Marbles has been played in Tinsley Green and the surrounding area for many centuries: [17] [20] TIME magazine traces its origins to 1588. [21])