**Table 3:** Cluster parameters.
Cluster	E(B-V)	$t_{\rm literature}$	Ref.	$t_{\rm Sh,Sm}$	$t_{\rm template}$	$t_{\rm adopted}$
		(Gyr)		(Gyr)	(Gyr)	(Gyr)
NGC 1804	0.08	$0.08\pm0.01$	1	$0.035\pm0.004$	$0.05\pm0.01$	$0.06\pm0.02$
NGC 1839	0.06	$0.10\pm0.01$	1	$0.09\pm0.02$	0.06	$0.09\pm0.03$
		$0.033\pm0.008$	2
		$0.125\pm0.025$	4
SL 237	0.07	$0.038\pm0.004$	1	$0.04\pm0.02$	$0.05\pm0.01$	$0.04\pm0.02$
		$0.027\pm0.009$	2
NGC 1870	0.08	$0.09\pm0.01$	1	$0.033\pm0.004$	$0.05\pm0.01$	$0.06\pm0.03$
		$0.07\pm0.03$	2
NGC 1894	0.09	$0.071\pm0.008$	1	$0.10\pm0.08$	$0.13\pm0.03$	$0.10\pm0.03$
NGC 1902	0.04	-		$0.07\pm0.03$	0.06	$0.07\pm0.03$
NGC 1913	0.09	$0.024\pm0.002$	1	$0.03\pm0.02$	0.06	$0.04\pm0.02$
NGC 1932	0.05	-		$0.2\pm0.2$	$0.4\pm0.2$	$0.3\pm0.2$
NGC 1943	0.08	$0.14\pm0.02$	1	$0.08\pm0.06$	$0.28\pm0.08$	$0.14\pm0.06$
		$0.10\pm0.01$	3
NGC 1940	0.06	-		$0.06\pm0.02$	0.06	$0.06\pm0.02$
NGC 1971	0.06	$0.10\pm0.01$	1	$0.05\pm0.01$	$0.05\pm0.01$	$0.06\pm0.02$
SL 508	0.06	$0.10\pm0.01$	1	$0.07\pm0.04$	0.06	$0.07\pm0.04$
NGC 2038	0.06	$0.13\pm0.02$	1	$0.039\pm0.008$	0.06	$0.08\pm0.05$
SL 709	0.06	-		$0.3\pm0.2$	$0.13\pm0.03$	$0.3\pm0.2$
NGC 2118	0.07	-		$0.05\pm0.02$	0.06	$0.05\pm0.02$
NGC 2130	0.05	-		$0.03\pm0.02$	0.06	$0.04\pm0.02$
NGC 2135	0.05	-		$0.085\pm0.008$	$0.05\pm0.01$	$0.07\pm0.02$

References: (1) Pietrzynski & Udalski (2000); (2) Alcaino & Liller (1987); (3) Bono et al. (2005); (4) Piatti et al. (2003a).