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“Somehow, I imagined Limbo would be different.” PUNCH cartoon by Noel Ford 1982 #religion #waitingrooms #waiting
Off we go... summer days... PUNCH cartoon by E H Shepard 1935. Title page for the Summer Number #holidays #vacation #staycation #Thirties #motoring #cars #roadhouses #hiking #hikers #hospitality #architecture #enjoyment #leisure
More PUNCH cartoons of the 1851 Great Exhibition on its 175th anniversary by John Leech
It's the 175th anniversary of the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. But did you know that it was PUNCH magazine that 1st called Joseph Paxton's iconic structure the 'Crystal Palace' giving a name to a football club and an area of London! 'The Pound & the Shilling' by John Leech #cartoon
Where we'd like to be! Happy days... PUNCH cartoon by Rowland Emett for the 1950 Summer Number #sun #beach #holidays #vacations #staycations #seaside #cars #motoring #swimming
‘Spare a tenner for a bowl of strawberries, guv?’ PUNCH cartoon by David Haldane 1990 #Wimbledon #costofliving #inflation #beggars #panhandlers #money #economics #prices
It's OK to be obsessed with tennis! PUNCH cartoon for the Summer Number 1926 #sport #Wimbledon
@jonesycartoons3.bsky.social in The Guardian.. "He says the rest of his team have been arrested or deported." #WorldCup #football #sport #USA #America #UnitedStates
Anyone for tennis? 🎾 "I believe I'm to be your partner next set." Our lady champion (without enthusiasm). "Splendid." "I'm afraid I'm not a very strong player." Our lady champion. "Oh, I expect you're quite good at getting out of the way." PUNCH cartoon by Arthur Wallis Mills 1920
The summer of sport... First day of Wimbledon today 🎾🎾🎾 PUNCH cartoon by Maurice Bartlett 1957 #tennis #season #traditions #white
“We’ll have to decide! Are we storming the Winter Palace or the Summer Palace?” PUNCH cartoon by the late, great, Bill Tidy 1968 #weather #Russia #history #revolution
Finished the job before it gets tooo hot... PUNCH cartoon by Norman Thelwell 1962 #gardens #gardening #gardeners #topiary #work #relaxing #heat
That's a PUNCH cartoon by E H Shepard from 1934... and there are other PUNCH cartoons of titled Fascists... should you need them!
#FolkloreThursday "I told you never to take the 11.50 round by the Witch Hollow loop...!" PUNCH cartoon by Rowland Emett 1948 #trains #railways
As the tennis season hots up.... "Now what?" PUNCH cartoon by Bud Grace 1986 #sport #referees #complaints
An encounter at a cabmans' shelter 1882: "I'm very glad, cabman, to see you improving your mind by reading during your spare time." Cabby: "Improvin' my mind! I dunno. I backed this 'ere 'oss all through last season, and he never landed me once!" PUNCH cartoon by Charles Keene
Remember that #WorldCup? PUNCH cartoon by Norman Thelwell 1966 #sport #football #spectators #fans #supporters #international