The Drowsy Pointsman Product:Postcard towards Ken Wood and John

towards Ken Wood and John Wilkes

5th March 1966

A shop called 'Presents and Pottery' and a house called 'Valency House' can be seen

View showing soldiers on parade

The Drowsy Pointsman Product:Postcard towards Ken Wood and John'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,