Playing Cards from United Kingdom
Waddingtons Aces of Spades, 1970 onwards
Waddingtons Aces of Spades, 1970 onwards
Waddingtons Nursery Rhymes
Nursery rhyme playing cards by Waddingtons, Leeds, UK, 1975.
Waddy Productions
Waddy Productions Ltd was a member of the giant Amalgamated Press group and only published card games for a short period in the 1930s.
Wallace & Gromit
Wallace & Gromit playing cards published by Marks & Spencer, 2009.
War on AIDS
War on AIDS playing cards published by ActionAid, United Kingdom, c. 2004.
Warburg Luxus Bridgekort
“Luxus Bridgekort” was specially designed by Barbara MacDonald in a vibrant Art Deco style for Warburg of Denmark in c.1930, and printed by Universal Playing Card Co. Ltd (England).
Wartime Snap
Wartime edition of Snap game by an anonymous publisher.
Watney’s Happy Families
A vintage Watney's Coombe Reid & Co Ltd promotional card game distributed by the brewery to their customers in c.1930
Weights and Measures
“Weights and Measures” card game by John Jaques & Son, Ltd., c.1910, a reminder of some of our more archaic units of measurement.
Welsh Brewery Playing Cards
Welsh Brewery Playing Cards
Welsh Cavalry
Welsh Cavalry commemorative playing cards with illustrations by Dan Peterson, 2012.
What the Butler Saw
“What the Butler Saw” playing cards depicting tasteful photography of the female body.
When three brands merge...
After De la Rue factories were bombed in 1940 their cards were printed by Waddingtons. In 1962 Waddingtons and De la Rue combined forces to form the Amalgamated Playing Card Co.
Whist marker boxes
The Camden Whist marker was being advertised by Goodall and son in 1872 as a new product.
Whist writers and pseudonyms
Why did so many early writers about whist and other card games feel the need to write under a pseudonym?
Whitman card games
In the 1970s Whitman Publishing Co. ordered a series of popular games from Hong Kong for the UK market.
Who Buys?
Who Buys? by Multum in Parvo Company, c.1890.
Who Knows?
Who Knows? game of questions and answers produced by Adolf Sala Games, Berlin, c.1900.
Who’s Who
Who’s Who or Food for Thought, a wartime card game, c.1939.
Whot
Whot was invented by William Henry Storey in 1935. It comes from the days when friends and family played indoor games by the fireside.