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Hello,

Helping my mother to clear some stuff we were going through old games, Halma and the like and found this. It has been with us since the year dot but has no instructions. My mother doesn't remember ever playing it and my father is no longer with us.

I've looked on the internet and found pictures of the box but nothing more.

There are 150 cards numbered from 1-15, 10 of each. Apparently it is for any number of players.

Does anyone know how to play?

Brie

I have just tried to send this with photos but there was an error message so I will try to describe it. It is called Pam and the cards are the same size as traditional playing cards. The reverse of the cards look like traditional playing cards, the front simply have a number between 1 and 15. The manufacturer is Parker Games, London.

jc26red,

Thank-you for this, I will have a look through. You never know, I might be lucky.

He did have a son called William, his only child as far as I am aware. He is the chap at Dublin as well. We have a copy of a letter written by him (a cousin has the original) in which he says he went to TCD and he also names his father and a few other paternal relatives -the kind of relative we adore He also refers to his mother losing land. He did get a good education but no money so he went on to be a teacher on prisons etc.

Brie

Thank you Jon_ni,

Such a shame. However, that does give me a rough date for her death which is something.

Brie

Thank you Jonw65 for this, very interesting. I didn't expect him to have much but given that he had quite a few servants and "held" a total of 69 acres in the 1821 census I thought maybe a little more.

The administration was seven years after his death. Perhaps it was thought he had more money than he had and that's why the administration took place for what ended up being such a small amount. His financial position does appear to have been complicated - his wife (who isn't with him on the 1821 census) had money and years later she and her second husband entered a long case about it in the House of Lords

Thanks again,
Brie