A Pleasure Excursion - First-Class! animal carrying a lantern and spear

carrying a lantern and spear

The top image shows the church and two figures with an animal outside

Milk Street

with a rolled up copy of the offending pamphlet

A Pleasure Excursion - First-Class! animal carrying a lantern and spear'A Pleasure Excursion First Class!', 1824. A mixed group of passengers enjoy the comforts of first class railway travel. The large gentleman in the top hat claims to be a director. The working class man, however, disbelieves this as it was well known that excursion trains in particular were often late, usually over crowded, and not infrequently involved in accidents. This cartoon illustrates the working classes at leisure, their free and easy ways