The Country in the Future mb-code 00823286 Barge family on a dumpy

Barge family on a dumpy barge

The Fiat 514 (10/30hp) was produced between 1929 and 1932

An onion seller

A choir sings lustily

The Country in the Future mb-code 00823286 Barge family on a dumpy'The Country in the Future', 1876. A gentleman who has retired to the country tells his city gentleman visitor about the peace and quiet of his new surroundings, disturbed only by the sound of the trains. Both sides of his garden look directly onto railway lines, and the trains can be seen at both sides of the cartoon. This illustrates how the burgeoning railway network was encroaching steadily into previously quiet rural areas in the 1870s. From