Patent First-Class Costume for the Collision Season patent chariot David Gibson and Mike Stringfellow

David Gibson and Mike Stringfellow are seen trying out a Tiller Girls high stepping routine

Lottery draw

View of the gateway at Seringham in Southern India

View of the Old Bell Inn

Patent First-Class Costume for the Collision Season patent chariot David Gibson and Mike Stringfellow'Patent First Class Costume for the Collision Season', 1876. Travel by train was a risky business in the 1870s and collisions were not uncommon. The two men in this cartoon are well prepared for any eventuality. This was a regular topic in Punch as the journal often highlighted the lack of proper investment in the country's railway network. From Punch, or the London Charivari, August 19, 1876.