ManofKent Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Hi. Richard from a small town in Kent, over in the UK. I principally joined for the marble run forum, but have spent a few hours reading the other threads and can see me getting sucked in to the collecting side of things at some point! I shall definitely be keeping my eyes open in vintage shops and charity/thrift shops. The knowledge on here is amazing. My childhood marble were very much the greenish glass catseyes - presumably imported from Hong Kong. I don't think the UK had any real factories of it's own producing marbles, but I'd love to be pointed in the right direction if I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Wonderful to have you, Richard. As far as I know, you're right about there being no UK marble factories. Not for toy marbles. But from what I've seen you guys have some nice antique German handmades hiding out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YellowMarble Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Hello, Welcome to this forum again! One tip: I will make a Marble Run at the Eden Project (near Par, Cornwall), it's a little far from Kent, but drivable in one day to meet me in person with a huge marble run. The event is on 28 and 29 may 2016. When travelling there, you can also visit the House of Marbles which lies in your path. Greets, Jelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Hi Richard, nice to have one more marble runner here. Maybe you might want to enjoy these: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManofKent Posted April 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 14 hours ago, Steph said: Wonderful to have you, Richard. As far as I know, you're right about there being no UK marble factories. Not for toy marbles. But from what I've seen you guys have some nice antique German handmades hiding out there. I think my wife has beaten me to it with the marble collection. She'd dug up what I think is an old German handmade from the garden last year - it's been sitting in a pot outside the back door for months and I hadn't spotted it... I'll try and get a photo tomorrow so that someone can tell me that what I think is a pontil mark is just a chip and I'm looking at something from the 1970's The house is 1890's so it could be reasonably old (alternatively of course it could be much more recent). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManofKent Posted April 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 3 hours ago, YellowMarble said: Hello, Welcome to this forum again! One tip: I will make a Marble Run at the Eden Project (near Par, Cornwall), it's a little far from Kent, but drivable in one day to meet me in person with a huge marble run. The event is on 28 and 29 may 2016. When travelling there, you can also visit the House of Marbles which lies in your path. Greets, Jelle Thanks - I can't see me getting down there (I don't drive so it's a good day's travel (and exorbitantly expensive with our rail service)) but good luck with event. Hoody - thanks for those links. Very impressive. I was a lego builder as a kid, but the Fischer-Technik stuff is wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Welcome, ManofKent -- pay no attention to the marbleuniverse sucking you in . . . it doesn't hurt a bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManofKent Posted May 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 17 hours ago, ann said: Welcome, ManofKent -- pay no attention to the marbleuniverse sucking you in . . . it doesn't hurt a bit! Thanks - I can hear the wallet screaming though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManofKent Posted May 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 You lot are a bad influence. The postman's going to be getting a bad back in a couple of weeks, and I'm going to have to search out another book or two for my wife to distract her whilst I casually open a few packages. There should be a danger sign on the site entrance. I only came here to look at ball runs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 *snickersnort* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellkat Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Haha. Me too. Know the feeling. I just bought a black light, and I can't wait to see the glow I'm sure I'll see! And thanks for all your research Manofkent, I'm certainly learning as you do! : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManofKent Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 21 hours ago, Shellkat said: Haha. Me too. Know the feeling. I just bought a black light, and I can't wait to see the glow I'm sure I'll see! And thanks for all your research Manofkent, I'm certainly learning as you do! : ) Thanks to you to - the id thread is a wonderful learning tool. Ditto on ordering a blacklight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Ding Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Nice to have your participating from 'over the pond.' John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManofKent Posted June 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 Thanks John. I don't get the impression that their are many marble collectors over here - or at least not machine mades, but I may be wrong. I's a wonderfully friendly site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Ding Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 On June 15, 2016 at 0:12 AM, ManofKent said: I don't get the impression that their are many marble collectors over here - or at least not machine mades, but I may be wrong. I's a wonderfully friendly site. The upside is reduced competition. All those 'in the wild' mibs are yours for the taking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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