Mr Punch in London Town VII
More funnies from The New Punch Library (c1930s, featuring cartoons from c1900 onwards). We note the over-worked theme of uniformed or authority figure playing the straight man with crafty cockney type playing the foil.
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The next one possibly apt given the current news on Boris’ new Routemasters.
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Back to the heavy traffic and woman driver set-up. But not only that, it’s a class thing. While many working-class men drove (chauffeurs, bus drivers, cabbies etc.) only posh gals could afford to drive cars.
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