Woolley & Co

52: The Isle of Man
The Isle of Man has always been a tax haven within the British Isles and it has also had some interesting packs of cards.

58: Woolley & Co.
The firm of Thomas Woolley lasted for many years from 1836-1904 in several different guises.

66: Adverts and related material 1862-1900
Some further material relating to cards from nineteenth and twentieth century periodicals.

Corner Indices
Corner Indices were a major innovation in playing card production.

Crickette
“Crickette” card game manufactured by Woolley & Co., London, c.1890.

EPCS August 1987 Newsletter Members Only
De La Rue 'Q' Playing Cards • English Standard Card Manufacturers (Part 3) Woolley & Co, Darling & Son • Rhymes about Royalty or The Comical Court Cards • Tower Press Happy Families • Special packs for Defective sight • Pepys Card Games (Part 1) SPEED • Collecting Theme: Whisky Distillers - John Dewar & Sons • 100th Anniversary of Q Victoria's Golden Jubilee • Snap (Part 3) Robert Bros 'Glevum Series' • Waddington Trade Names Kingsway 'Patriotic' Playing Card

EPCS February 1987 Newsletter Members Only
Unusual Waddington Pack • British Playing Cards Limited • The Cardboard Court • English Standard Card Manufacturers (Part 1) Woolley & Co • Georges Brewery Bristol • Card Game Manufacturers (Part 1) H & A Mullord Brothers • Collateral Branches of the English/American Family • 3 Decks of John Waddington in the limelight • Snap (Part 1) Globe Series of Games • A Collecting Theme: Dogs

EPCS February 1996 Newsletter Members Only
John Jaques & Son 1795-1995 Bicentenary • WWII • Our Ship • Robert Lyons • Worshipful Pack 1995 • Hovis Bread • James English • Scottish Historical • Tom Thumb • Unhappy Families • Gibson Games • FAX-PAX

EPCS Febuary 1988 Newsletter Members Only
Queen Mary • Healthguard Underwear • Newmarket Multum in Parvo Company • English Standard Card Manufacturers (Part 5) Joseph Hunt & Sons London • Woolley Card Games: OLD MAID and SNAP • Rhymes about Royalty or The Comical Court Cards (Part 3) • KAN-YOU-GO-AGAIN • Not a Lotta Bottle!! • Metropolitan Vickers Lamps • London's Loyal Volunteers: 450th Anniversary of HAC, PANKO, Votes for Women • Waddington pack with no borders to Court Cards • The Big Baang! • Walt Disney Anniversaries • Non-Standard Jokers.

EPCS June 2002 Newsletter Members Only
Golden Jubilee • Willis & Woolley 1876 • Happy Families - Music Sheet • Samson - Stanley Matthews • Cadbury Snap • Robinson • Poets at the Card Table/What's in the Box? • Harry Ferguson Ltd • Woolley Circular Cards • Historical Dominoes • Johnson's Toilet Powder • Cavalier Playing Cards • Bits from John and Clive • The 52 Club • Brewery Playing Cards • Help! / Samuel Pepys • Astra • Alfred Marks • Egyptian Fortune Telling

EPCS May 1987 Newsletter Members Only
Berkshire Printing Company • Special packs for Defective Sight: De La Rue "Optic Playing Cards" c.1900 • Playing Cards in England (by Simon Wintle) • KAN-U-GO • English Standard Card Manufacturers (Woolley & Sabin) • Snap (Globe Series of Games) • A Collecting Theme: Dogs (Part 1) • Card Game Manufacturers (C. W. Faulkner)

EPCS May 1996 Newsletter Members Only
Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games 1896-1996 • WWII • Schweppes • Welcome to Alexandra • Scottish Historical Playing Cards • Queen Mary of the Seas • Whitbread Story • James English • Banco or Judge and Jury • Woolley & Co • Universal for Romania

Funny Families
“Funny Families” card game manufactured by Woolley & Co, 1890s.

Heraldic playing cards
Reproduction of Richard Blome’s Heraldic playing cards, 1684, presented to lady guests at WCMPC Summer Meeting in 1888.

Oosehe
‘Oosehe’ animal card game published by Woolley & Co, c.1900.

Roberts Brothers Ltd, Gloucester
Roberts Brothers Ltd, Gloucester (Glevum Brand) ‘Old Maid’ card game, 1920s.

Sefite card game
“Sefite” card game, Woolley & Co,. Ltd, London, c.1905

Snap by Woolley & Co
‘Cries of London Snap’ by Woolley & Co Ltd, c.1905 with cheerful figures of street vendors.

Transformation c.1880
Hand-drawn transformation cards, c.1880

Tut=Tut
“Tut=Tut; or a Run in a Motor Car” published by Woolley & Co Ltd, early 1900s