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Chad Valley Company Limited

Nationality:  British

Brief Bio:  1897-1978, toy maker, Harborne, Birmingham, England

Notes:  1897 - established when the original company of Johnson Brothers added games to its stationery range under the management of Joseph and Alfred Johnson.
1920 - company renamed The Chad Valley Co.Ltd and another factory, the Wrekin Toy Works was opened in Wellington, Shropshire. A Royal Warrant was received in 1938. The company went through a period of expansion acquiring companies such as H G Stone, maker of Chiltern toys, but was then itself taken over by Palitoy in 1978. The Woolworths company then bought the Chad Valley trademark in 1988.


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'The New R.M.S. Caronia' jigsaw puzzle of the Cunard White S
puzzle
Chad Valley Company Limited

Baccalite
roulette game
Chad Valley Company Limited
c.1928-c.1938.
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Board for 'The Down Mail'
board game
Chad Valley Company Limited

Cornish Riviera
jigsaw puzzle
The Chad Valley Co Ltd

Great Western Railway jigsaw - A Cornish Fishing Village
jigsaw puzzle
Chad Valley Company Limited; Great Western Railway

GWR Oxford jugsaw puzzle
jigsaw puzzles
The Chad Valley Co Ltd
1935
Loco or the Railway Race Game
board game
Chad Valley Co. Ltd.

Mountains of Killarney
jigsaw puzzle
The Chad Valley Co Ltd

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Puzzle in the form of a maze showing the path from 'Slumdon' to 'Good Health', England, 1930-1939
puzzle
Chad Valley Company Limited
1930-1939
Speed jigsaw puzzle,Great Western Railway
jigsaw puzzles
Chad Valley Company Limited

The Chad Valley Games
board game
Chad Valley Co. Ltd.

The Cornish Riviera Express jigsaw puzzle
jigsaw puzzle
Chad Valley Company Limited; Great Western Railway

The Model Railway jigsaw puzzle
jigsaw puzzle
The Chad Valley Co Ltd; Great Western Railway
c. 1930
The Night Mail jigsaw puzzle
jigsaw puzzle
Chad Valley Co Ltd
c.1920-1940
The Railway Station
jigsaw puzzle
The Chad Valley Co Ltd

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Warwick Castle igsaw, Great Western Railway
jigsaw puzzle
The Chad Valley Co Ltd; Great Western Railway

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