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1965: Unwelcome message

This joke come from a time when some religious people would walk about with banners proclaiming that the end (of the world) is nigh. The fans depicted here are glumly aware of this prophecy’s accuracy.

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ECKY thump I hope no Huddersfield supporters see this one

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Aye, the useless sods. Have lost the last eight matches.

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1965: Union Militancy

This cartoon reminds us of a time when union led demands were a frequently recurring theme. Newspapers and TV news programmes would employ a full-time industrial correspondent. Not anymore.

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1966: It’s the sixties!

The artist is assuming that the ethos of the sixties has reached these well-heeled old-timers.

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1969: Concorde’s unusual design

Thought to be revolutionary at the time the Anglo-French supersonic airliner was planned to be a world beater outsmarting the American rivals. It was not to be. This cartoon reflects an attempt to be humorous by concentrating on the nose cone’s similarity to the anteater.

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1969: Not everyone has caught the gardening bug

I think she might well settle for the cactus. Ours seems to last forever.

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1964: Not in the best of taste

No Afro-American could ever have said such a thing at the time. It is really difficult to think up anything at all funny about the civil rights movement of the sixties. This certainly is not even a candidate.

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Oops... you've already posted this one. 19th December

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There's something wrong with my system but there's nothing wrong with your memory. I hope haven't made the same mistake with the following.

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1978: Let’s not bother

I don’t see this game being reflected in the news these days. I was quite aware of it during the 1940s when it was solely the province of public school types.