Re: The Pages of Punch

That didn't work for me either.

Re: The Pages of Punch

Clicking on the dial in the black square works for me Mr M...

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Yes. Simultaneously pressing f5 ensures the picture DOESN'T appear!

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1920: Class divide

The naval officer is deeply moved by the scene in front of him. So moved that he wants to share it with the Petty Officer. His feelings are not reciprocated.


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Looks as though this is the way ahead.

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1920: The upper middle class new mother

What are we to make of this cartoon? Is she being blamed for selfishly pursuing her own interests or is she being praised for not being totally immersed in her baby? I would suggest that there is a clue in the caption in which she is being described as being both fond and resourceful.

The clutter on the floor and the child climbing the armchair look genuine enough. Most women of her kind would have employed a nanny to look after the child. There is no sign of one here. In the absence of a nanny the bridge tournament would face frequent interruptions.

Today’s readers would look askance at the lighted cigarette so close to the child. The long fashionable cigarette holder was wrongly thought to reduce any harmful effects from smoking.

And what are we to make of the visitor with the cup and saucer balanced on her lap? Is she bored I wonder with talk about babies? There is a grim look on her face and we are not told why this might be.

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Who needs Photobucket?!

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1920: Complacent landlady

The golfers don’t look at all impressed with the place but are lured by the proximity of the links – St Andrews perhaps. The landlady knows that she can easily let the place so she doesn’t need to bother.

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1921: Minimum

This cartoon certainly strays from the traditional upper middle class atmosphere. Indeed it has quite a modern ring to it. It hardly needs to be said that the two working class men are not presented in a favourable way.

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1920: Life is hard for some

This cartoon looks out of place in the pages of Punch. Perhaps someone at Punch felt that the magazine ought to widen its scope. In truth, those fancy people in London would not even think about ‘this’ at all. This approach did not become a trend: the Punch focus remained on the activities of the upper middle class.

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1919: Dancing Classes

This scene owes nothing to the more democratic atmosphere seen for the last two days. Here we are firmly back in the world of the upper middle classes. The girls want to dance and the boys have to been told to do so. Does Binks really know to ‘jazz’? I rather doubt it.