John Waddington Ltd
EPCS November 2006 Newsletter Members Only
Lucky Shots • EPCS 25 • Promotional Miniatures • Suffragette • Victorian Instruction Cards • Historical Memento • Livery Companies • WHOT • Car-Soc • De La Rue 1835 • Sforza Page of Staves • Iranian Patience Pack • Urania’s Mirror (Ad) • Victoria Casino 21st • The Telephone • Bits • Splash Page Special • Game of Animals (Ad) • CWF & USPCC • Gypsy Leah’s Card Fortune Book • Barclays Imperial Russian Stout • Thought-Reading by Cards • Theatre Adverts • Prince of Wales Wedding Pips • Prince of Wales Wedding Courts
EPCS October 2004 Newsletter Members Only
40 Thieves • SDP & Waddington • Scottish Educational Cards • Kan-u-go Singing / Mystery • Waddington Catalogue 1979 cont • Two Goodall Aces • Redline • Golf Cards • Great Storm • Warning to Gamblers and Swearers • Besique 1870 • Toby's Family • Lenthal Broadside • The Rubaiyat of a Bridge Player • The Wedding • Orient Express – The Real Article • Mr William Straker • The Dansant Whist • Orient Express – The Real Boyle
Ferguson Happy Families
Ferguson Happy Families card game was produced by Ferguson Electronics and printed by John Waddington Ltd in c.1960.
Five Suit Bridge
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by Simon Wintle
Five Suit Bridge was invented in Vienna in 1937 by Walter W. Marseille and Dr. Paul Stern.
Grand Slam
Limited edition gift set issued to mark the American Bicentennial, 1776-1976, produced by John Waddington Ltd and the Bristol Pottery for the British American Bicentenary Group, 1970.
Harry Rountree
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by Simon Wintle
Designs by Harry Rountree (1878-1950); Waddington's 1933 Trade Brochure.
Help Yourself Society
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by Simon Wintle
The “Help Yourself” Society was formed in 1927 to run fundraising activities for hospitals.
Historical Characters
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by Matt Probert
“Historical Characters” playing cards printed by Waddington’s for Thermawear Ltd, 1994.
Hoover Ltd Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Vintage cartoon courts and ace of spades specially designed for Hoover Limited, with full colour back showing the Art Deco style Hoover factory at Perivale, manufactured by Waddington's Playing Cards, c.1930.
John Waddington Ltd, early type
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by Simon Wintle
John Waddington Ltd, early type Ace of Spades and court cards, 1922-30.
Kon-Vex Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Waddington’s introduced a series of unusual shapes in the early 1950s.
Lexicon
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by Simon Wintle
The summer of 1932 saw the introduction of Lexicon, when a small edition was produced and sold to test the market.
Manchester United Playing Cards
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by Matt Probert
Deck produced for Manchester United Football Club published in 2006.
My Word
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by Matt Probert
My Word “The last word in card games” designed by Michael Kindred and Malcolm Smith, published in 1980 by Waddingtons.
Orient-Express Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Orient Express playing cards evoking a bygone era of chauffeurs, monocles and exoticism. Manufactured by Waddingtons, c.1990.
Ormond Printing Co. Ltd
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by Simon Wintle
During the 1930s The Ormond Printing Co. Ltd produced playing cards for the Irish market with a distinctive ace of spades, joker and court cards. In 1935 the firm was acquired as a manufacturing facility for Waddington’s cards in Eire.