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 : If Only They'd Make Old Bill President of those Tribunals


If Only They'd Make Old Bill President of those Tribunals

well, what's your job, me lad? Making spots for rocking-horses, sir Three months Exemption, sir? Nao, exemption be _____d ! Three months hard! Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander imagining his gruff cartoon character, Old Bill, sitting on a tribunal making decisions about whether men's employment exempts them from military service. In this case, Old Bill has no sympathy for a man with an inconsequential job and instantly condemns him to three months hard labour

Picture No
14097461
Media ID
45485472
Size
3400px x 5285px (1.6MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, 25 April 1917
Date
1917

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