Vintage Trade Cards Teasdale

Teasdale & Co Ltd

Teasdale & Co was a confectionery & chocolate producer based in Carlisle, England. The company was founded in 1839 by a Thomas Holstead, though in 1872 the company name changed to Isaac Teasdale, and was later incorporated as Teasdale & Co Ltd in 1898. The company continued to trade until 1963 at which time it was taken over by J. Harradine & Sons Ltd.

Isaac Teasdale died in 1914 aged 70, and is buried in Carlisle’s Richardson Street Cemetery.

There are 4 known card sets produced by Teasdale, 3 football related and 1 related to The Great War.

“Footballers In Action” (1928) – 25 Cards known

Cards are black and white to the front, and blank to the rear. The cards are “numbered” 26-50 on the basis the images are the same as those on cards 26-50 of the Gallaher Footballers Series of 100 cards.

#26. Barnsley v Bristol City

#27. Aston Villa v Portsmouth

#28. Oldham Athletic v Manchester City

#29. Chelsea v Blackpool

#30. Stoke City v Fulham

#31. Southampton v Leeds United

#32. Huddersfield Town v Tottenham Hotspur

#33. Sheffield Wednesday v Sunderland

#34. Leeds United v Preston North End

#35. Bradford Park Avenue v Halifax Town

#36. West Bromwich Albion v Reading

#37. Bradford Park Avenue v Wigan Borough

#38. West Bromwich Albion v Clapton Orient

#39. Partick Thistle v St. Mirren

#40. Glasgow Celtic v Cowdenbeath

#41. Clyde v Arthurlie

#42. Motherwell v Glasgow Rangers

#43. Bo’ness v Falkirk

#44. Manchester City v Grimsby Town

#45. Glasgow Celtic v Queens Park

#46. Swansea Town v Manchester City

#47. England v Scotland

#48. Notts Co. v Sheffield United

#49. Burnley v Manchester United

#50. Derby County v Portsmouth

“Footballers” (1932) – 23 Cards known + 5 variants

Cards are black and white to the front, and blank to the rear

#1. W.R. Amos (Bury)

Image courtesy of Alan Jenkins’ Cartophilic Exchange

#2. S. Black (Plymouth Argyle)

#3. G. Crowther (Gateshead)

#4. J. Dunne (Sheffield Utd)

#5. D.L. Fairhurst (Newcastle Utd)

#6. F.R. Goodall (Huddersfield Town)

Image courtesy of Alan Jenkins’ Cartophilic Exchange

#7. J. Hampson (Blackpool)

#8. H.E. Hibbs (Birmingham)

#9. E.W. Hine (Leicester City)

#9a. E.W. Hine (Huddersfield Town)

#10. G. Hodgson (Liverpool)

#11. A. Jackson (Chelsea)

#11a. A. Jackson (Ashton Nat)

#12. A. James (Arsenal)

#13. T. Keetley (Notts County)

#14. R. McConnell (Carlisle)

#14a. R. McConnell (Crewe Alexandra)

#15. R. McKay (Charlton Athletic)

#16. T. Magee (West Bromwich Albion)

#17. J. Morgan (Barrow)

#18. L.A. Page (Burnley)

#18a. L.A. Page (Manchester United)

#19. A.L. Reid (Preston North End)

#20. E.J. Rimmer (Wednesday)

#21. H.B. Shaw (Sunderland)

Image courtesy of Alan Jenkins’ Cartophilic Exchange

#22. F. Worrall (Oldham Athletic)

#22a. F. Worrall (Portsmouth)

#23. R.E. York (Port Vale)

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