This clue was a real teaser, as one of the names for a windjammer is simply a tall ship - and the goalkeeper on any team is often the tallest player.
In fact, the tallest goalkeeper ever is Simon Bloch Jorgensen, a German, who played for Waltham Abbey in 2022, at the height of 6` 10.5".
Sadly there is very little information about this issuer or this set in our original British Trade Index, only an entry which reads:
SLADE & BULLOCK Ltd., Dewsbury
Confectionery. Cards issued about 1923-30
- CRICKET SERIES. Sm. 66 x 37. Brown portraits, blue surround. Nd. (25) ... SLA-1
- FOOTBALL TERMS. Sm. 66 x 37. Blue, black and white. Nd. (25) ... SLA-2
- MODERN INVENTIONS. Sm. 68 x 36. Nd. (25) Front (a) light and dark blue (b) yellow and purple ... SLA-3
- "NOW AND THEN" SERIES. Sm. 68 x 36. Blue, red and white. Nd. (20) ... SLA-4
- NURSERY RHYMES. Sm. 67 x 36. Pink, purple and white. Nd. (25) ... SLA-5
A. Back "Ask for Guinea Gold Toffy" with advertisements only
B. Back "Ask for Guinea Gold Toffy" with rhymes- SCIENCE AND SKILL SERIES. Sm. 67 x 36. Light and dark blue. Nd. (25) ... SLA-6
- SIMPLE TOYS & HOW TO MAKE THEM. Sm. 67 x 37. Orange, black and white. Nd. (25) ... SLA-7
- WORLD`S MOST BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES. Sm. 62 x 37.Nd. (24) See D.2... SLA-8
And in the updated version it has changed little, only
SLADE & BULLOCK Ltd., Dewsbury
Confectionery. issued about 1924-27
- CRICKET SERIES. Sm. 66 x 37. Brown portraits, blue surround. Nd. (25) ... SLA-020
- FOOTBALL TERMS. Sm. 66 x 37. Blue, black & white. Nd. (25) ... SLA-030
- MODERN INVENTIONS. Sm. 68 x 36. Nd. (25) Front (a) light & dark blue (b) yellow & purple ... SLA-040
- "NOW AND THEN" SERIES. Sm. 68 x 36. Blue, red and white. Nd. (20) ... SLA-050
- NURSERY RHYMES. Sm. 67 x 36. Pink, purple and white. Nd. (25). Two backs ... SLA-060
A. Back "Ask for Guinea Gold Toffee" with advertisements only
B. Back "Ask for Guinea Gold Toffy" with rhymes- SCIENCE AND SKILL SERIES. Sm. 67 x 36. Light & dark blue. Nd. (25) ... SLA-070
- SIMPLE TOYS & HOW TO MAKE THEM. Sm. 67 x 37. Orange, black & white. Nd. (25) ... SLA-080
- WORLD`S MOST BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES. Sm. 62 x 37.Nd. (24) See HX-23... SLA-090
However we have found out a bit more about the firm, which was eventually named after two men, but started with Ben Bullock, a coal miner from Burnley. He arrived in Dewsbury in the 1860s and by the 1880s he was making and selling sweets with a stall in the local market. He started simply, reputedly with aniseed balls, and sold his sweets for little more then they cost, but because of that they were affordable, so people bought more. He then expanded to the market in Heckmondwike in the days when sweets were a luxury for the working classes. Once he had the two markets, he found it harder to make enough sweets, so he rented premises, and then employed local people to make the sweets.
We also found out that he has a very big claim to confectionery fame, as he made the first ever stick of rock with letters through it. These were sold in Dewsbury market and somehow someone from Blackpool saw one and asked for some to be made specially. The first batch of "Blackpool" Rock were sent off in 1887. This led to other seafronts wanting the same and so he had to employ more people simply to make the rock, and, more importantly, specialists, to add the lettering, which was not easy to do.
In 1891, he changed the name to B. Bullock Ltd., and became a limited company. This brought him to the attention of Lever Bros, who we think of as simply selling soap, but at that time they sold many things and decided to add sweets to their stock, without wanting to employ people to make them. This added a lot more work, perhaps too much, and he retired in 1898. He may also have been swayed into retirement by receiving an offer from another confectioner, Slade`s, a fellow Yorkshireman, from Leeds. Not just that, but Mr. Slade wanted to uphold tradition, and rename the new firm as Slade and Bullock Ltd.
Sadly, this was not the success it may have been, as lots of sweet makers started coming along. Also, in 1918, the tax on "sugar and molasses made from beet grown outside Great Britain or Ireland" rose, and despite pleas from manufacturers was not reduced for some time. And so the firm closed in 1928. The one good thing is that Mr. Bullock never saw this sad end, as he moved to Southport in 1900, and died, not that long after, in 1905.