I got my first set of marbles from my parents when I was about 6 or 7 and I was hooked, I loved the way that light shines through them, in fact I even gave them names! I rarely used them for playing marbles but used to make little assault courses for them. Dad then found his old marble collection and they then became mine. We then started finding them in the garden , from the old lemonade bottles as well. Over the years they have stayed with me and I now use them as photographic props, I'm still as fascinated with them as I was all those years ago.