The Good Little Vitler Finish:Stretched Picture shows: the team showing

Picture shows: the team showing off the trophy to thousands of fans who gathered on the streets to cheer their home

and a third on horseback carrying a spear

Eagle House was at this time a private school for boys

Labourers at work on the Metropolitan Railway and the Fleet Ditch

Punch could always enjoy a little dig at the expense of young women who unwisely tried to enter into the spirit of traditionally male sporting pursuits and

The Good Little Vitler Finish:Stretched Picture shows: the team showing'The Good Little Vitler', 1874. The little victualler is rewarded by the new Conservative Home Secretary, RA Cross. The previous Home Secretary, HA Bruce, had introduced regulations under the Licensing Act that closed down public houses at midnight. However, the Publicans had greatly assisted the Conservatives to their majority and so the new Home Secretary proposed an amendment to the Licensing Act. From Punch, or the London Charivari,