Happy Families - Special Editions

Special Editions

In the 1987s, the town of Dartmouth in Devon, UK, produced a special version of the game to commemorate the many real business owners in the town that had names appropriate to their jobs. These were:

  • The Drews (artists)
  • The Hairs (vets)
  • The Crews (boatsmen)
  • The Pillars (builders)
  • The Sleeps (B & B)
  • The Nashes (Dentists)
  • The Carrs (car hire)
  • The Measures (pharmacists)
  • The Crisps (greengrocers)
  • The Rains (fruit growers)
  • The Legges (athletes)
  • The Cutmores (butchers)
  • The Swindells (bankers)
  • The Prices (bank managers)

Many of the businesses are still there as of 2012

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