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Chad Valley Co. Ltd
Chad Valley Co. Ltd (incorporating Johnson Brothers (Harborne) Ltd, the long-established UK brand bought by Woolworths in 1988 and now sold at Argos.

Lion Coffee
Lion Coffee Mother Goose card game, late 19th C.

Year of the Child
Year of the Child commemorative deck designed by Jhan Paulussen, 1979.

Fairy Snap
Fairy Snap by Norvic Mill, c.1920s.

Paddington
Paddington card game published in UK by Whitman.

Animal Misfitz
Animal Misfitz designed by George Lambert for Faulkner Games, c.1900.

Carousel Playing Cards
Carousel Playing Cards commissioned by Tesco stores, 2019.

Golly Misfitz
Golly Misfitz from c1905.

Boekenkwartet
Boekenkwartet featuring illustrations from children's books, 1970s.

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland playing cards designed by Sasha Dounaevski, 2018.

Children’s Vocabulary Cards
Thai Children’s Colour Vocabulary Cards promoting Ovaltine chocolate malt drink, 2016

Fairy Tales
the Game of Fairy Tales published by Multum in Parvo Co,, from 1896

Vacuation
“Vacuation” published by Pepys games, based on the evacuation of children to Reception Areas in the countryside during WW2, c.1939-40.

Mother Goose’s Party, or Merry Game of Old Maid
Mother Goose’s Party, or Merry Game of Old Maid, McLoughlin Bros., Inc., USA, 1887.

Bobs y’r Uncle
“Bobs y'r Uncle” nursery rhyme card game designed by Frank H. Simpson for John Waddington Ltd. in 1935.

Bread & Honey
A charming Victorian family card game involving Clowns, Queens, Kings, Maids and thirty-seven Blackbirds manufactured by Thos De la Rue, c.1900.

Jacqueline Wilson Playing Cards
“Jacqueline Wilson” playing cards were illustrated by Nick Sharratt and published by Winning Moves UK Ltd in 2007.

Hello Kitty
Waddington’s “Hello Kitty” themed deck produced in 2009.

Hornby Playing Cards
Hornby Playing cards are a retro deck designed and produced by Wild and Wolf copyright 2011.

Happy Families, c.1950
Chad Valley “Happy Families” card game, c.1950.

Happy Families, c.1930
“Happy Families” game published by Chad Valley c.1930 drawn in the slightly grotesque style of the Victorian era.

Linda Edgerton Happy Families
Linda Edgerton ‘Happy Families’ published by Chad Valley Games, Harborne, England, c.1925.

Nursery Rhyme Snap
Chad Valley ‘Nursery Rhyme Snap’ 1950, depicting ten popular nursery rhymes.

Snap 1925
Chad Valley ‘Snap’ card game designed by Linda Edgerton, 1925.

Golden Egg
Chad Valley “Golden Egg” card game.

Prudence Snap c.1950
Chad Valley “Prudence Kitten Snap” card game designed by Annette Mills, 1950.

Oliver Twist Snap
Oliver Twist Series Snap card game manufactured by A. Collier, London, c.1890.

Hello Kitty
“Hello Kitty” playing cards published by Sanrio, manufactured in China, 2013

Jeu des 7 Familles by J.J.F
“Jeu des 7 Familles” by Jeux et Jouets Français of Paris, 1904.

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland card game based on original designs by Sir John Tenniel published by Thomas De la Rue & Co. Ltd, c.1900

District Messenger
District Messengers were uniformed young men wearing little pill-box hats and mounted on bicycles who fulfilled urgent tasks and were paid by the mile

Happy Families
Happy Families designed by A.E. Kennedy, 1930s.

Hurry-Up Misfitz
Faulkner's “Hurry-Up Misfitz”, with some fine illustrations of vintage methods of transportation, was designed by George Lambert, c.1907

Bargains
“Bargains” was designed by George Lambert for C. W. Faulkner & Co in c.1900.

Our Pets Snap
“Our Pets Snap” designed by A. E. Kennedy for Faulkner & Co., c.1930s.

Farmyard Snap
“Farmyard Snap” designed by A. E. Kennedy and published by C. W. Faulkner & Co., c.1930

Three Bears Snap
“Three Bears Snap” was designed by A. E. Kennedy and published by C. W. Faulkner & Co., c.1930s.

Shakespearian Misfitz
C. W. Faulkner’s “Shakespearian Misfitz” designed by George Lambert and published around 1907/08 showing famous characters from Shakespeare.

Fairyland Snap
“Fairyland Snap” designed by A. E. Kennedy and published by C. W. Faulkner & Co., c.1930.

Busy Families
C. W. Faulkner’s “Busy Families”, c.1903.

Fairy Tales
German Fairy Tales Card Game.

The New Game of Animals
Victorian card game with imaginatively designed letters which spell the name of an animal, with one card representing the animal spelt.

Pierre l’Ebouriffé
Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894) wrote the Struwwelpeter stories in 1847 for his son Carl. The stories quickly became famous and were translated into many languages...

Mustering of the Mustard Club
The “Mustering of the Mustard Club” was one of many promotional items produced by Colman's for the Mustard Club which was launched in 1926.

Spear’s Old Maid
Spear’s “The Jolly Game of Old Maid” was introduced around 1900. The cards contain some interesting but harmless social stereotypes from the end of the Victorian era.

Wereldvlucht Kwartet
Published in 1933, this game celebrated the burgeoning passenger services by air around the world. Spears Weltflug Quartette was produced in German, Dutch and English versions.

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.

Mauclair Dacier Familles
This “Jeu de Sept Familles” was produced by Mauclair Dacier in the late 19th century.

Little Folk Misfitz
C. W. Faulkner & Co. Ltd were prolific card game manufacturers over a period of around 50 years, c.1870-1920.

Snap Cards
Clifford Series Snap Cards, c.1950.

Clifford ‘Donkey’ card game
Clifford ‘Donkey’ card game, c.1948.
