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1957: Swotty schoolgirls

This is a surprising example of education (private school obviously) in 1957. These really young children are enthusiastically set on decoding a Latin inscription. The teacher clearly regards this as normal.


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1959: Shepherds keeping warm

A major departure for Thellwell.


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16-10-2018, 09:41 AM
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1950: Reading the signs

Perhaps it is the secretary who should be the boss. She has interpreted the signs and he can’t be bothered to tell her where is going.


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17-10-2018, 09:47 AM
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1959: Happy ever after?

Things don’t look good. They can’t even get to the reception without losing the initial mutual attraction.


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1947: Stereotypes still dominant

If that is what matters most perhaps she shouldn’t have studied nuclear physics. That surely makes it an unlikely scenario.

Come to think about it back in 1947 she would have probably been the only woman student on that course. The men students would have been competing for her favour. That’s the real answer: marry another nuclear physicist.


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19-10-2018, 09:27 AM
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1954: Not fascinated by this still new medium

Everyone in the room, apart from William, is staring intently at a tiny black and white screen still impressed that such a marvel can take place in the home. William is content to read a book. I wonder whether the cartoonist expects the readers of Punch to agree with the boy or with his mother. Probably with the boy since telly was increasingly becoming a competitor to Punch.


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20-10-2018, 09:45 AM
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1959: Swimming Lesson?

The cartoonist seems to have an odd idea of what is funny. They won’t learn to swim from this scenario with the rubber ducks. At best they would become familiar with being in the sea. Why is the teacher driving them with a stick? Questions for sure, but no answers.


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21-10-2018, 09:39 AM
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1961: History repeating itself?

There was genuine excitement at the time caused by the race to place men on the moon. It was widely believed that this, once achieved, would automatically lead to further achievements. Science fiction really seemed likely to be overtaken by science facts. Here is an example where the cartoonist is looking for a repeat of colonialism followed by eventual independence for the colonised. These expectations have now changed. Manned exploration has been superseded by machine exploration which can achieve more and penetrate much further.


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22-10-2018, 09:37 AM
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1960: Grounds for divorce

Mutual incompatibility was not yet considered adequate grounds for divorce. It is clear that is the wife who has perpetrated the mental cruelty.


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1962: Thelwell being political?

The original caption underneath, spoken by the waitress to the waiter, is as follows:

Money can’t buy them happiness.

I wonder what is going on here. This room in a stately house is overflowing with young rich people enjoying themselves. Why is this room so unbelievably full of the toffs? Why are there so many crowded together? Is Thelwell being ironic? Any other theories?


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