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1956: Routine

He is in hospital and some repairs are taking place ‘underneath’. The patient is obviously wondering whether it is the bed or himself that is being repaired.

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You posted that one yesterday!

Very funny, though.

(I forget things too!)

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Yes, I WAS confused.

Here is another one.


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1956: Who is the boss?

This young rider is not in complete control of her animal.

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I love Thelwell!

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True to life too. I used to take one of my granddaughters and her horse to various events around West Yorkshire and the shenanigans of some of the more posh and spoiled girls was a sight to behold. I remember one exasperated dad announcing that his daughter's horse was for sale as she was "a little ungrateful b*itch."

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What I like about his cartoons is the feature the riders and mounts have in common: their abnormally short legs.

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1948: Emmett and the gypsies

Ignoring all the usual gypsy entertainments Emmett shows, with all his usual whimsy, the lone traveller watching a poor example on television.

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1956: Searle’s suggestion of childcare

Ronald Searle’s morbid outlook is again shown here. This child is held in a version of the stocks. Prams weren’t designed with restraint in mind. Today’s buggy is designed to achieve this. These days kids are held in a buggy with a simple safety strap.

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1949: Wearing the coat

Ronald Searle is toying with an impossible trick whereby a man’s personality is taken over by an overcoat.

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1956: Morticians’ Reading Matter

Once again we are confronted with Ronald Searle’s outlook on life. The morticians and a magazine called ‘Life’ seem to totally different. Yet that is what they are looking at.