John Waddington Ltd
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.
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.
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.
Pooltella
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by Matt Probert
Pooltella cards by John Waddington Ltd, the cards that simplify football pool forecasts, 1930s.
Queen’s Silver Jubilee 1977
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by Matt Probert
Queen’s Silver Jubilee playing cards designed by Susan Rae for John Wadddington Ltd, 1977
English Electric Valve Company Ltd
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by Simon Wintle
Special pack made for the English Electric Valve Company Ltd Chelmsford, 1989.
When three brands merge...
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by Simon Wintle
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.
Shakespearean
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by Simon Wintle
Shakespearean Playing Cards designed by Frederick Colin Tilney, made by John Waddington Limited c.1925.
100 Pipers
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by Matt Probert
100 Pipers Scotch Whisky promotional deck, Waddingtons P.C.Co., c.1973. Includes a Tarot pack offer.
Help Yourself Society
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by Simon Wintle
The “Help Yourself” Society was formed in 1927 to run fundraising activities for hospitals.
Bobs y’r Uncle
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by Simon Wintle
“Bobs y'r Uncle” nursery rhyme card game designed by Frank H. Simpson for John Waddington Ltd. in 1935.
Beautiful Britain Series
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by Simon Wintle
The ‘Beautiful Britain’ series depicting seaside and country resorts was produced by John Waddington Ltd for the Great Western Railway and London and North Eastern Railway between 1924-1939.
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
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by Matt Probert
Deck produced for Manchester United Football Club published in 2006.
Souvenir of Scotland
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by Matt Probert
52 Selected Views of Scotland produced for United Cigar & Tobacco Co. Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.
S. Salomon & Co Nr.154
Nr.154 Holmblads made by John Waddington Ltd specially for S. Salomon & Co., Copenhagen
Historical Characters
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by Matt Probert
“Historical Characters” playing cards printed by Waddington’s for Thermawear Ltd, 1994
Kon-Vex Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Waddington’s introduced a series of unusual shapes in the early 1950s.
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.
41: A Guide to Dating Playing Cards
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by Ken Lodge
Dating is a particularly tricky but very interesting problem to tackle and there are many pitfalls.
Ferguson Happy Families
Ferguson Happy Families card game was produced by Ferguson Electronics and printed by John Waddington Ltd in c.1960.
28: How to Analyze and Differentiate Playing Card Plates (De La Rue, Waddington and the Berlin pattern [französisches Bild])
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by Ken Lodge
My interest in postage stamp variants led me to apply the same principles to playing cards.
![28: How to Analyze and Differentiate Playing Card Plates (De La Rue, Waddington and the Berlin pattern [französisches Bild])](http://www.wopc.co.uk/core/cache/wopc/thumbs/var/www/wopc.co.uk/htdocs/images/blog/2015/10/JS_D1-D2-D3.71cb0cdb.jpg "28: How to Analyze and Differentiate Playing Card Plates (De La Rue, Waddington and the Berlin pattern [französisches Bild])")
Whot
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by Simon Wintle
Whot was invented by William Henry Storey in 1935. It comes from the days when friends and family played indoor games by the fireside.
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.
17: Waddington, Including Some of Their Less Common Packs
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by Ken Lodge
John Berry's two-volume work on the Waddington archive and collection is a very comprehensive presentation of the history of the firm, but there are some items missing from it which I include here.
7: Brands and Packs
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by Ken Lodge
The introduction of brands commenced during the late 19th century as a development of the old qualities: Moguls, Harrys, Highlanders and Merry Andrews.
Cir-Q-Lar
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by Simon Wintle
Cir-Q-Lar Playing Cards. In 1929 John Waddington Ltd commenced the production of circular cards and these were very popular.
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.
Waddington’s Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
John Waddington Limited was a leading producer of playing cards and card games in the UK during the period 1922-1995. The company had been founded in the nineteenth century by Mr John Waddington and Wilson Barratt as Waddingtons Ltd.
Amalgamated Playing Card Co., Ltd
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by Simon Wintle
Agreement had been reached between Waddington's and De La Rue during the second world war for Waddington's to manufacture playing cards for De la Rue. Thus the Amalgamated Playing Card Company was born but it remained an unofficial name for many years.
Waddington’s Classic and Wildlife Series, 1933
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by Simon Wintle
Waddington’s Classic and Wildlife Series, 1933.
Barribal Series
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by Simon Wintle
William H. Barribal (1873 - 1956) was a London artist who created the Waddingtons 'Barribal' playing cards series, which are avidly collected today.
