The Sunday Question mb-code 1150750 'Goldenrod' Land Speed Record attempt

'Goldenrod' Land Speed Record attempt car

View showing the laying down of the Mortimer wood pavement

On the left is a Bow Street officer

'May Day (in London)'

Church of St Mary the Virgin

The Sunday Question mb-code 1150750 'Goldenrod' Land Speed Record attempt'The Sunday Question', 1869. The drinking habits of the working classes was always a cause for concern amongst their social superiors. A number of attempts had been made to close public houses on Sundays and, in this cartoon, Punch shows a typical Sunday public house. A drunkard stands unsteadily at the bar and his wife has arrived to persuade him to come home. It was believed that many women turned to drink simply because they had to enter public