Summary

These astragalus bones, from the hindquarter of a goat or sheep were excavated at Casselden Place in 2003. They may have been used to play the game knuckle bones.

'When I was a child, we played in the street with hoops; we played hopscotch, and chasey, and cowboys and Indians, running right round the blocks and that. We even played marbles too.' (Marie Hayes, born and raised in Little Lon 1920-1940)

To the children who lived there, Little Lon was home. The streets and lanes were their playground - for tossing knucklebones, flicking marbles or chasing over the cobblestones. Their chants and laughter were part of the sounds of Little Lon.

Physical Description

These astralgalus, have come from the hindquarter of a sheep or goat. They may have been used to play the game knuckle bones

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