Object Number: TD6215

Collection: Social History

Object Name: game

Description: Bead game played by pupils at the Royal School for the Blind, Henleaze. 4 x rolls of string with multicoloured beads at one end (4 x spare rolls of string). It was played to encourage team work and running amongst the pupils. Each team member takes a bead and runs it to the end of the string then shouts for the next player to go. The first team with all the beads transferred to the other side wins. Stored in a cardboard box 'PARKINSON'S ROYAL DONCASTER BUTTER-SCOTCH.'