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#OTD 2003 politician Roy Jenkins died. Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer (1967-70) and Home Secretary (1974-76). He was behind 1976 UK referendum to remain in the EU. Over 67% voted YES. 1st UK President of the European Commission. Co-founder SDP #Brexit #WillOfThePeople
Best wishes for the #NewYear from PUNCH, with Pont's elegaic vision of the English landscape bathed in the winter sunrise of #NewYearsDay. From PUNCH Almanack for 1941 published in the midst of #WW2 & of the last of Pont's brilliant work produced before he died in November 1940
Oh, the things one saw in snowy Fifties Britain - apparently: "I've heard of foreign visitors bringing their own cars over, but..." PUNCH cartoon 1950 by Rowland Emmett @RowlandEmettSoc #snow #winter
#FolkloreThursday All the better for some Bacchic revelry: the office worker's summer holiday! PUNCH cartoon 1938
"I liked it so much I wanted to gobble it all up" Review of E M Delafield's The Spirit of the Age @theodysseypress https://t.co/M4VJEkBcnL
More wonderful PUNCH cartoons from Rowland Emett, born #OTD 1906 @RowlandEmettSoc