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By Alison Kay on

Christmas shopping humour from 1935

How did railways help deliver Christmas on time?

Only 20 shopping days until Christmas, so here’s a cartoon from the December 1935 issue of the Great Western Railway (GWR) staff magazine. The GWR and other railway companies operated a door-to-door transport service, which people could use to transport their belongings around the country. This cartoon suggests it might be a “solution” for men going Christmas shopping with their wives—demonstrating some rather outdated attitudes in the process.

Great Western Railway Eastern Region staff magazine (page 666) (library shelf mark 1.0270)

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