In the aftermath of the 1867 Reform Act the brewing interests - invariably Tory - would hold Bacchanalian gatherings outside polling stations to reward newly-enfranchised electors for their loyalty. … (View Post)

Young Farmers are still a thing, though, if you're looking for a girl who knows how to milk a cow. (View Post)

When studying the same period in 1969 I made an ill-informed comment about the February revolution and my exasperated tutor said "I'll phone Kerensky and ask him". (View Post)

Man goes into a shop. "Pound of potatoes please." We don't sell potatoes. We're molehs. "But there are potatoes in your window." "What do you think we should have i… (View Post)

Now you're talking. Let's have a thread on the life and work of George Jackson Churchward. From Wiki: On 19 December 1933, now with poor eyesight and hard of hearing, he was inspecting a de… (View Post)