The Drowsy Pointsman Product:Postcard Final score: Stoke 3-0 Huddersfield

Final score: Stoke 3-0 Huddersfield

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

5th March 1966

The Drowsy Pointsman Product:Postcard Final score: Stoke 3-0 Huddersfield'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,