Playing Cards from Childhood
Playing Cards from Childhood highlight card games that have entertained and educated young generations. With imaginative illustrations and engaging designs, these games promote strategic thinking, social interaction and friendly competition. Rediscover their timeless charm and the role they play in fostering creativity, skill development and treasured memories for children worldwide.
EPCS February 1999 Newsletter Members Only
Donald Welsh: Charles The Royal Martyr • Hand Decorated Transformation Packs • Boy Scout Snap: Empire Card Co • Happy Families Book • New Issues: Cadbury, WWI Posters, Wild Animals • Worshipful Company Pack 1998 • Richard Edward Ltd: Second Style • Charles Rennie Mackintosh • Nursery Rhyme Snap: De La Rue 1893 • Prince of Wales Theatre Birmingham • "Unique" Playing Cards • English Standard Card Manufacturers • Ephemera: Four Aces Piano Booklet • Non Standard Packs: John Player Special • House of Cards • Odds and Ends: De La Rue Old Frizzle • William Wordsworth Book Stationery • Solution to a Logical Challenge • Family Tree Magazine
EPCS February 2000 Newsletter Members Only
Nursery Rhyme Games • Bobs Your Uncle: 54 Cards by John Waddington • Collecting Theme Packs: Non-Standard Aces Categories • Card Collection Catalog: 250+ New Packs and Accessories • Branding: W.H.Smith and Bogts • Hand-Made Pack: Unique Design by Shelley Fowles • Perry & Co: 1869 Card Game • Hand Made Pack: Theme of Unnatural History
EPCS February 2002 Newsletter Members Only
Richard Edward • Rorkes Drift - ZULU • Benno • Sir Gurney Benham • Nursery Rhyme & Travel Snap • The Studio Prize Competition • Cavalier Playing Cards • Pepys Quiz - Answers • Rummy Soccer • Spear's New Games 1894 • Big Box Card Games • Astra • Religious Cards • Game Scorers & Trump Indicators • Goodall & Willis January 1880 • Card Donation • L.G. Sloan & Universal • Frustrating Bridge Hand • Fables • Poets of the Card Table • Animal Snap - Revisited
EPCS March 1985 Newsletter Members Only
Bendigo Easter Fair • Beautiful Britain (part three) • The Popish Plot (part one) • The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards (part two) • Nursery Rhymes • The King of Hearts • J.S. Fry & Sons Advertising Packs • Sporting Card Games Part II: Association Football • Ephemera • List of Games by C.W. Faulkner
EPCS May 1985 Newsletter Members Only
A Georgian Game • Beautiful Britain (part four) • The Popish Plot (part two) • The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards (part three) • Collecting Theme: Horse Racing • The Queen of Hearts • Sporting card games: 3 Lawn Tennis • The Scout Movement • Nursery Rhymes
EPCS May 1986 Newsletter Members Only
Memories by Robert Burrow • Waddington & De la Rue patience packs • De la Rue LOBO: Tooting Broadway • My favourite game by Philip Harrison • Documentary Evidence - the joys of dating of games by Jeanette White
EPCS May 1991 Newsletter Members Only
Royal Residence: Buckingham Palace • Alf Cooke and Universal • Rupert Bear • SPELIT Lyon's Tea • Steamship SS Great Britain • 1980 & 1981 Worshipful Company Packs • CWS SNAP • Thomas De La Rue • OXO • Primrose Day • Harrods • Tonic to the Nation • The Festival of Britain 1951
EPCS May 1993 Newsletter Members Only
40th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation • The Card & Dice Office • Evasion of Stomp Duty in the Early 19th Century • Lexicon • Nursery Rhymes • Game of Parliament • Happy Families • De La Rue
EPCS May 1998 Newsletter Members Only
Micky 1928-1998 • Abolition of Duty on Playing Cards • Nursery Rhyme Snap • Transformation • Titanic • Royal British Legion • Fakes and Forgeries • Multum in Parvo "Good Shilling Card Games" • Floral • Josiah Stone • Elvis • Grand Prix • Modern Art • Impressionist Portraits • Yorkshire • Mexico • Whist Rhymes • Spitfire • Valentine Games
EPCS May 1999 Newsletter Members Only
Queen of Hearts: Alice in Wonderland • Bath Abbey: Quincentenary • G.H. Elliott: Anne Bradford • Tennis Snap: Dudley Ollis • Isle of Man Packs • Cricket Snap: The Times • Cambridge Evening News: Pneumatic Cards • Oliver Cromwell Anniversary • New Issues: Eight Packs • English Standard Card Manufacturers • Piquet Pack • Happy Families Book • Dickens Quartette Game • Card Collector: John Cooper • Tax Wrapper: Mudie & Sons • Special Master Aces • Worshipful Company Packs • Nursery Rhyme Snap • Fairy Snap: Globe • Third Music Sheet: Four Aces Postcard • RNLI: 175 Years • Billy Mayerl School • Guinness Bicentenary • Story Behind the Card • Ephemera
EPCS November 1993 Newsletter Members Only
150th Anniversary of Nelson's Column • Fortune Telling • RAF 75th Anniversary • C-Operative Wholesale Society • Conundrums • 65th Birthday of Mickey Mouse • De La Rue • Walt Disney Packs • Nursery Rhymes • Mother Hubbard • Higgnets Bros • Sunlight Geographic • Bystander • Goodall's National • Iranian
EPCS November 1999 Newsletter Members Only
City Imperial Volunteers: Boer War • Hand Decorated Transformation Pack • Story Behind the Card: Bonallack & Sons • Discovering Nursery Rhymes: John Cooper • Nursery Rhyme Snap: Mo Mohile • Films and Fiction: November 1932 • Play Your Cards Right: Neil Darbyshire • Colchester: Nursery Rhyme Connection • New Issues: Queen Elizabeth Special Aces • English Standard Card Manufacturers: Hall & Bancks • The Realm • Goodall's Federation Playing Cards • Alfred the Great's Grave
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
Fairyland Snap
“Fairyland Snap” designed by A. E. Kennedy and published by C. W. Faulkner & Co., c.1930.
Farmyard Snap
“Farmyard Snap” designed by A. E. Kennedy and published by C. W. Faulkner & Co., c.1930
Fundacja Polsat Dzieciom
Set of caricatures and cartoons in aid of a Polish children’s charity. c.2000.
