The Drowsy Pointsman Product:Postcard View showing soldiers on parade

View showing soldiers on parade

watching and commenting on events

5th March 1966

It is thought that the house was once used as the summer residence of Nell Gwynne

The Drowsy Pointsman Product:Postcard View showing soldiers on parade'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,