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GREAT GIFT – Games are perfect for growing minds and improving your mental health. The best Christmas gift for children, friends, kids, birthdays. Returning to the world of comics for inspiration Pepys next issued Girl, which was a game with characters from “Girl”, the companion comic to “Eagle”. Incidentally it is interesting to note that Castell Brothers Ltd are continuing to advertise “Snow White,” “Belisha,” “Speed” and “Progress” in the coming months.
Equipment required: 44 cards arranged in 11 set of 4, printed in colours to show animals and birds such as rabbits. Master Robin card is missing The earlier ones without Bar Codes were issued late 1970s to 1984 when the bar code appeared on the boxes. The Original Jaques Snap and Happy Families also were issued under licence at the time.
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In 1937, the Walt Disney film “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” made a big impact at the first showing in America.
Some of the earliest Woodland Happy Families issued had apparently completely randomly coloured panels at the top of the cards. Very soon the panels were improved so that each family had its own colour.Although I can offer no definite proof of this they both shout Pepys at me because the card quality and artwork are very similar and the box dimensions and the board are right. As the association with Walt Disney had proved to be such a good idea further card games based on Walt Disney films were planned for release in 1939. In 1973 anticipating his retirement, the company was sold to Graphics Publicity Ltd with Kenneth staying on for two more years. I wonder if, when they introduced Woodland Happy Families and Woodland Snap, they realised just how popular these would be. The first was Victory a splendid game with caricatures of British and German leaders which was published anonymously but registered to Castell Bros in December 1939.
When Castell Bros decided to introduce card games into their range they were printed for them by Alf Cooke Ltd of Leeds. Another Enid Blyton game was published as well called Secret Seven appropriately enough based on the old game Sevens. A good old fashioned game of cowboys and outlaws came on the market in the form of Wild West with very fine pictures and lots of fun. YOUNGER CHILDRENOf course, less fortunate children may have had to make do with cheaper games which were readily available from manufacturers like Tower Press and Clifford. Most likely they didn’t proceed with manufacture, but as wholesale stationers they would have been considering selling playing card-related goods.
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