‘Starlight’

‘Starlight’ bespoke playing cards - brightening the lives of seriously ill children - published for the children's charity by Simon Lucas Bridge Supplies Ltd, Devizes, UK. The same designs are reproduced across each suit but they are double-ended, i.e. different design at each end. Starlight brightens the lives of seriously and terminally ill children by wish granting and also by providing fun, entertainment, laughter and distraction for children in every children’s hospital ward and hospice throughout the United Kingdom. All Starlight’s activities are aimed at distracting children from the pain, fear and isolation they can often feel as a result of their illnesses read more→

Above: ‘Starlight’ bespoke playing cards published for the children's charity by Simon Lucas Bridge Supplies Ltd, Devizes, UK.

By Matt Probert

Member since March 02, 2012

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I have adored playing cards since before I was seven years old, and was brought up on packs of Waddington's No 1. As a child I was fascinated by the pictures of the court cards.

Over the next fifty years I was seduced by the artwork in Piatnik's packs and became a collector of playing cards.

Seeking more information about various unidentified packs I discovered the World of Playing Cards website and became an enthusiastic contributor researching and documenting different packs of cards.

I describe my self as a playing card archaeologist, using detective work to identify and date obscure packs of cards discovered in old houses, flea markets and car boot sales.