[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
2009/67/3
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]
The Archers,
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[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This is the playing board from a board game, produced in the 1960s by Chad Valley of Harborne, based on the BBC radio series 'The Archers'. The board has a trail of squares with text written on, which lead to an area marked 'Market Square' in the centre of the board. There is a coloured scene showing the fictional county town of Borchester, with a sign in the bottom left corner pointing to the fictional 'Ambridge'.
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Board game from the 1960s, made by Chad Valley, and based on the BBC radio serial 'The Archers'. // Box with lid and a coloured picture of a street scene on the front, and the game's instructions pasted on the inside. // Fold-out board, and contents of the box are complete - see separate list. // ... Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project.'
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]
Harborne
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1960 - 1969
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