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PUNCH and Pears soap: cartoonist Harry Furniss left the magazine after the proprietors discovered he'd sold the copyright in one of his PUNCH cartoons to Pears and used in one of its ads! Good Advertisement. "I used your soap two years ago; since then I have used no other."
#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
More wonderful PUNCH cartoons from Rowland Emett, born #OTD 1906 @RowlandEmettSoc