The Drowsy Pointsman Product:Postcard 5th March 1966

5th March 1966

Final score: Stoke 3-0 Huddersfield

Illuminated vote of thanks from the Mayor of Paris to the Lord Mayor of London

A view from the street

watching and commenting on events

The Drowsy Pointsman Product:Postcard 5th March 1966'The Drowsy Pointsman', 1876. John Bull, the representative of the British people, prods a dozing Disraeli, now the Earl of Beaconsfield. This cartoon highlights two very topical stories. First, Disraeli is shown as the signalman on the railways. Collisions were all too common in the 1870s and Punch often featured cartoons about the perils of railway travel to emphasise its dissatisfaction with the lack of real investment in new technology. Secondly,