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Highbury Barn, in #Islington; a once popular place of entertainment, is the subject of this lovely donkey sheltering in the shade, near #London c.1775
London Bridge is Falling Down...
Well, not exactly - it's being demolished as this snapshot from #London on January 24th 1832 reveals
A satire from January 22nd 1826 echoing what was extinguished in #Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement, and that #TheresaMay would do very well to avoid re-visiting #Brexit
Forget #DancingOnIce - Here is some dancing with lice (in this sleazeball's hair) in a #London ballroom, January 20th 1800
A vibrant portrait of agricultural entrepreneur the 5th Duke of Bedford who was first president of the Smithfield Club; & established Tavistock Farm near #Woburn, which was noted for breeding and fattening cattle. January 16th 1802
Action!
#London 24th June 1784 - Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire and Charles James Fox star in a re-enactment of Theresa May's negotiations with Jeremy Corbyn in a futuristic drama set in the House of Commons entitled 'The Political Boghouse' or '#Brexit Blues' by Rev Er Endum
HELLO SWEETIE!!
I'm the eccentric confectioner from Ludgate Hill, #London c.1807
Obviously #Christmas cheer isn't for everybody , here's a French satire of a harridan on Christmas Day, breathing fire and with a casque on her head, December 25th 1819
Its #ChristmasEve and six horses are drawing the #Norwich coach towards #London across a snow covered plain, the coach fully loaded with baskets and animals hanging, one of the coachmen catching goose with his whip, and the sea in the distance. December 24th 1820