Battlecruiser HMS Hood, seen from HMS Nelson Size:L: 90 x 60cm operated by a petrol driven

operated by a petrol driven air-compressor

Goring and Streatley are villages on opposite banks of the Thames

From The Story of the White House

This cartoon refers to the South Western Railway being the worst managed line out of London

Battlecruiser HMS Hood, seen from HMS Nelson Size:L: 90 x 60cm operated by a petrol drivenBattlecruiser HMS 'Hood', seen from HMS 'Nelson', 1937. The largest warship in the Royal Navy, HMS 'Hood' exploded and sank while engaging the German battleship 'Bismarck' and the heavy cruiser 'Prinz Eugen' in the Denmark Strait on 24th May 1941. Only 3 of her crew of 1418 survived. Cigarette card from The Navy series, produced by Senior Service Cigarettes, 1937.