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Knuckle Down - The game of marbles being played in 1857. The tournament dates back to 1588 [10] [11] during the reign of Elizabeth I, when marbles was chosen as the deciding game of a legendary sporting encounter between two young suitors, Giles and Hodge, over the hand of a Tinsley Green milk maiden named Joan. [11]
Jelle's Marble Runs is a YouTube channel based in the Netherlands centered on marbles, marble runs and marble races. It is run by the brothers Jelle Bakker and Dion Bakker. The channel spoofs the Olympic Games, Formula One, and other sporting events with marbles and treats the cast of marbles as though they were athlet
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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])
Many of the most important pieces from his collection, especially the Townley Marbles (or Towneley Marbles) are now in the British Museum's Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. The marbles were overshadowed at the time, and still today, by the Elgin Marbles .
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