Scott (Mich)
Sr. Member
Hi All,
I was cleaning out my barn last month and as I was picking up pieces of trash I saw a Golden Griddle plastic syrup bottle near my feet. I gave it a kick to the trash pile and when I did I heard a rattle. I thought to myself “the kids must have put some pebbles in it” but when I picked it up to look a flood of childhood memories came back. Marbles that I had played with 35-40 years ago!
Inside the container were the marbles you see pictured. I do not remember putting them in this container so they could have been placed there by my brother or sister. The container must have sat on a beam in the hay mount and finally one of my loose chickens must have knocked it down while roosting.
The ones at #1 and #2 we used to call boulders. The #2 marble I used to have a few in a light green/turquoise.
The marble at #4 brought back the most memories. It is yellow but I used to have some light green colored ones with the same design. I can still, in my mind, see the package it came in after all these years. It had to have been the late 60’s or early 70’s. K-Mart I believe is where my mom bought me them. The package was opaque plastic with the top stapled to cardboard with a hole to hang on the store shelf. At least this is what I remember.
Marbles #5 to #8 we used to call perrys. I see from looking online many call them clearies. I had never heard of that term. The marble at #5 is a really dark green. These clear types were the more sought after for us kids in the 60’s as they were not as common as the swirled and cat eye types.
Back in the 70’s as I got older I had traded to my neighbor an oatmeal container full. I would bet that they are still at his dad’s house so when I bump into him again I will ask him if he still has them. I do have a metal coffee can mostly full of marbles here in the house somewhere that I will have to dig out and look through to see if some others from my childhood are still there.
Back to why I am posting. I would like to know what they are called and who made them.
My marbles
And what I found them in
Thanks,
Scott (MI)
I was cleaning out my barn last month and as I was picking up pieces of trash I saw a Golden Griddle plastic syrup bottle near my feet. I gave it a kick to the trash pile and when I did I heard a rattle. I thought to myself “the kids must have put some pebbles in it” but when I picked it up to look a flood of childhood memories came back. Marbles that I had played with 35-40 years ago!
Inside the container were the marbles you see pictured. I do not remember putting them in this container so they could have been placed there by my brother or sister. The container must have sat on a beam in the hay mount and finally one of my loose chickens must have knocked it down while roosting.
The ones at #1 and #2 we used to call boulders. The #2 marble I used to have a few in a light green/turquoise.
The marble at #4 brought back the most memories. It is yellow but I used to have some light green colored ones with the same design. I can still, in my mind, see the package it came in after all these years. It had to have been the late 60’s or early 70’s. K-Mart I believe is where my mom bought me them. The package was opaque plastic with the top stapled to cardboard with a hole to hang on the store shelf. At least this is what I remember.
Marbles #5 to #8 we used to call perrys. I see from looking online many call them clearies. I had never heard of that term. The marble at #5 is a really dark green. These clear types were the more sought after for us kids in the 60’s as they were not as common as the swirled and cat eye types.
Back in the 70’s as I got older I had traded to my neighbor an oatmeal container full. I would bet that they are still at his dad’s house so when I bump into him again I will ask him if he still has them. I do have a metal coffee can mostly full of marbles here in the house somewhere that I will have to dig out and look through to see if some others from my childhood are still there.
Back to why I am posting. I would like to know what they are called and who made them.
My marbles
And what I found them in
Thanks,
Scott (MI)
