{"id":26057,"date":"2024-02-07T20:39:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T01:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=26057"},"modified":"2024-02-07T20:47:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T01:47:42","slug":"episode-1011-how-i-lost-my-marbles-and-was-rescued-in-1948-at-kent-public-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=26057","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 1,011:  HOW I LOST MY MARBLES\u2026 AND WAS RESCUED IN 1948 AT KENT PUBLIC SCHOOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">NOTE: &nbsp; QUITE BY CHANCE i came across \u2014 \u201c1945 to 1955 was the great decade of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">marble playing\u201d, &nbsp;I remembered that well, &nbsp;In truth , however, marble games date back<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">deep in human history to Rome and &nbsp;Egypt and even the stone age perhaps. &nbsp; My<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">time was 1947 to 1949. &nbsp; I learned an important lesson. &nbsp;Find it,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">EPISODE 1,011: &nbsp;HOW I LOST MY MARBLES\u2026 AND WAS RESCUED IN 1948 AT KENT PUBLIC SCHOOL<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">alanskeoch<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">feb. 5, 2024<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"00227AA7-6F1A-41B9-A900-D8E0C5CBDEE4\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PastedGraphic-1.tiff\" class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">Alan and Eric Skeoch\u2026marble playing ages<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; 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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">Enter: &nbsp;Karl Stahlberg<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">&nbsp;\u201c Alan, we could win a lot of marbles with this cigar box.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">:How?\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">\u201cJust cut three little holes with a coping saw\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">\u201csame as the big kids have done?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">\u201cdifferent size holes\u2026big, medium, and small\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">\u201cThen we will &nbsp;be in the Marble business\u2026.gambling\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">Hope and pray none of our customers get a marble in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">the smell hole\u2026Pay out 10 if they do i\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">\u201cRisky\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">Imagine the cigar box with three holes cut in the side\u2026.holes that will fit a marble with ease and with difficulty<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">I was ten years old in 1948 and my best friend was Karl Stahlberg.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">He was toughrer then man me \u2026known to the police, as some said. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">How can a 10 &nbsp;year old be known to the police? &nbsp; &nbsp;Nice guy to me. &nbsp;I had a couple<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">of lunches with Karl and his mom, &nbsp;No father around. &nbsp;Tiny two rooms.]&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">In 1948 I was only vaguely aware of World &nbsp;War II. &nbsp;It never occurred to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">me that Karl\u2019s surname might be German which could explain Karl\u2019s troubles.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">Hard to say,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">Karl had big plans for both of us. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">\u201cWe can cash in on the marble craze. Using this cigar box and a few marbles.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">why should all the big guys make all the profits?\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">At recess and lunch time the big guys set up shop on the sunny south side<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">of Kent Ublic School in West Toronto. &nbsp;Cigar boxes mostly\u2026with holes&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">marked by numbers 1, 3 and 10. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">HOW THE GREAT PLAN &nbsp;WENT SOUTH<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">\u201cALAN, set the cigar box here\u2026beside the others\u2026while I go and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">see if I can get some marbles as back up.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">\u201cYou mean we have none?\u201d&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">\u201cDon\u2019t worry\u2026nobody will get a marble through the 10 slot.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">And Karl was gone, &nbsp; Worse! &nbsp;A hot shooter put a marble through the 10 slot<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">first roll.. &nbsp; And he wanted to be paid his 10 marble winnings right away\u2026called me a<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">welcher (if he knew that word) &nbsp;A small crowd gathered some of whom were very hostile.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">\u201cI\u2019ll pay when Karl gets here.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">\u201c\u201dWho is Karl?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" alt=\"Man and woman surrounded by children all watch six boys play marbles.\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"8D07124D-57C7-4D7B-857B-537727BC9494\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/288233-small.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">Here are some Australian marble players. &nbsp;Nine year olds plaYING &nbsp;\u2018closest to the wall ] but there is no wall.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Picture\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"A87A73AC-2825-4DE3-89DE-D7152EFEEE43\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/marbles.jpeg\" class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">Here are some British boys playing the \u201cknock it out of the circle\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">using marble boulder.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Picture\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"B0A4C6BA-B8D8-4BE2-862F-AEFD7FE649B3\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/history-marbles-800x800-1.jpg\" class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">assortment of marbles with a &nbsp;big boulder<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Picture\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"14941DBE-7643-4202-A365-B52AE2F6A355\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/karl-witkowski-game-of-marbles-1860-1910.jpeg\" class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Picture\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"54CFFB41-EEFA-4DFE-A6FA-F3532321B5C8\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/knuckle-down-william-henry-knight-1857.jpeg\" class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">\n<table id=\"blogTable\" class=\"wsite-not-footer\" style=\"border: 0px; width: 909px; table-layout: fixed;\">\n<tbody style=\"font-family: \"Gentium Book Basic\", serif; font-size: 13px;\" class=\"\">\n<tr class=\"\">\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"\">\n<div id=\"263276190272153328-blog\" class=\"blog-body\" style=\"float: left; width: 684px;\">\n<div id=\"wsite-content\" class=\"\">\n<div id=\"blog-post-593692734909342686\" class=\"blog-post\" style=\"position: relative; zoom: 1;\">\n<div class=\"blog-header\" style=\"width: 684px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; border: medium !important; line-height: 1.5 !important;\">\n<h2 class=\"blog-title\" style=\"overflow-wrap: break-word; font-size: 24px; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; line-height: 1.5 !important; font-family: Amaranth !important; font-weight: 400 !important; border: medium !important;\">19th century Paintings of boys playing marbles<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\u2018Games like this were played by us all, &nbsp;remember?<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Lesson \u2026.avoid debt<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">alan<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">P.S. &nbsp;My brother Eric remembers Karl\u2019s comment<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">&#8220;Stop for a second. I need to light a cigarette.\u201d &nbsp;TEN year old<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">when did you start smoking? &nbsp;When did you stop?<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTE: &nbsp; QUITE BY CHANCE i came across \u2014 \u201c1945 to 1955 was the great decade of marble playing\u201d, &nbsp;I remembered that well, &nbsp;In truth , however, marble games date back deep in human history to Rome and &nbsp;Egypt and even the stone age perhaps. &nbsp; My time was 1947 to 1949. &nbsp; I learned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}