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To paint To dewdrop rare. Full House. THE DEE An obsolete area adjoining the top bed of a slate where, in an older version of the game, a player had to score a coin before he could start the game proper. THIN Opposite of thick. Requiring a tickle or touch. The Attic. A top edge shot. And now, on to the shove. Add to this the literally thousands of handcrafted boards made by locals and hobbyists, and clearly it's not a collection anyone is ever likely to complete.

To the untrained eye, one wooden Shove Ha'penny might look much the same as another, but it's these subtle differences which make it hard for the enthusiast to resist acquiring yet another piece of highly polished timber or slate whenever one comes up for sale.

I don't know how many boards John has, but I do know that pub games are a passion, and I hope to feature more from his collection in future posts on this blog. Cabinet maker? Shove Ha'penny Boards. Bar Billiards Tables and Spares. Football Tables. Bat and Trap. Ringing the Bull. Shut the Box. Indoor Pub Quoits Step Quoits. Northamptonshire Table Skittles. Pub Skittles. Toad in the Hole table.

Aunt Sally. Old English Bagatelle. The Rules of Shove Ha'penny. BED: The scoring area between the vertical and horizontal lines of the slate. The one bed, No 1 etc. A Marker. CHALKS Lines in chalk recorded on the edge of the slate to indicate how many ha'pennies have been scored in a particular bed. CUSH The side lines which ha'pennies must not touch or cross if they are to remain in play. The Rails.

The grass. DISC A round metal playing piece with a hole in the centre used as an alternative to a ha'penny. DRAW To play a ha'penny in such a way that it scores without touching another ha'penny. To float. To paint To dewdrop rare. Full House. IN A call indicating a ha'penny has scored LAY A ha'penny so positioned on the slate that by playing a ha'penny directly behind it, that penny will score.

Gold watch. SHANGHAI A game in which numbers are written at the side of each bed and players play in turn for each bed in succession adding the number of the bed to their score for each ha'penny they score on it. SHOT The playing of a ha'penny.