Fairmont is a village of 560 people just outside of Lincoln, Nebraska. The name of Fairmont was chosen to conform with the alphabetical stops along the Burlington & Quincy Railroad westward from Lincoln: Berks, Crete, Dorchester, Exeter, Fairmont, Grafton, Huxley, etc.
Charlene, who sent me the card, is a recently retired music teacher. She apologized for not having a lawn bowls card. Marbles was the only round thing card she had.
I grew up in the 1970s and 1980s and although I had bags of marbles, I never used them to play marbles.
There are many different types of marbles with unique names and they are made out of a variety of materials. There have been world championships held since 1932. The British and World Marbles Championships have been held at Tinsley Green, West Sussex since 1932.
Playing marbles have been played in the area all the way back to 1580. The marbles playing season traditionally started on Ash Wednesday and lasted until midday on Good Friday. It was believed playing past midday on Good Friday was bad luck. More than 20 teams compete at the world championships and German teams have been dominating since 2000. The first world champion (1932) was a young girl from London, named Ellen Geary.
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