Chas Goodall and Son
Goodall & Son’s Patience & Miniature packs
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by Simon Wintle
Goodall & Son’s Patience & Miniature packs came in various styles of box and back design, c.1890-1930.
Goodall c.1845-60
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by Rod Starling
Goodall’s earliest cards were traditional in appearance but in around 1845 ‘modernised’ courts were designed
Goodall’s modernised Wüst House pattern playing cards
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by Paul Symons
A remodelled version of the first Wüst house pattern.
Goodall’s Wüst house pattern playing cards
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by Paul Symons
Goodall’s Wüst house pattern playing cards with scenic aces of Brazil.
Hindooly
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by Simon Wintle
Hindooly published by Chas Goodall & Son Ltd with four newly designed suits, c.1904.
Historic Shakespeare
Historic Shakespeare with courts featuring Shakespearean characters, Chas Goodall & Son.
Irish Heroic
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by Simon Wintle
The costumes and details of this pack are in the spirit of "The Heroic Period of Irish History".
Isle of Man playing cards by De La Rue & Goodall
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by Paul Symons
Two different versions of Isle of Man playing cards from 1870 and 1914.
Isle of Man souvenir playing cards by Goodall & Son.
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by Paul Symons
Two antique packs with scenic aces illustrating places on the Isle of Man.
Japanesque
Goodall’s “Japanesque” brand was used for stationery products since around 1880 but these playing cards were added to the range in around 1900.
Kuhn Khan and Cooncan: an update
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by Tony Hall
Kuhn Khan and Cooncan are pretty much exactly the same rummy-style game, but packaged and presented differently.
Majority Calling and Value Bidding in Auction Bridge; a little bit of history
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by Tony Hall
The centuries-old game of Whist mutated through various stages into Contract Bridge as we know it today in a little over thirty years. Here Tony Hall describes and contrasts one small, but significant, stage in the process as it evolved on the two sides of the Atlantic.