The Drowsy Pointsman Size:Large: 7 x 5in Eastern entrance to Pentonville Tunnel

Eastern entrance to Pentonville Tunnel and tunnel keeper's cottage

Debbie Harry at a party to celebrate publication of 'Making Tracks - The Rise of Blondie' by Debbie and boyfriend Chris Stein

driven by E Weaver

On the right Lord John Russell attacks him

between 1830 and 1835

The Drowsy Pointsman Size:Large: 7 x 5in Eastern entrance to Pentonville Tunnel'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,