Clearing the Course!', July 7 Yoko Ono British pop group Herman Hermits

British pop group Herman Hermits led by singer Peter Noone pictured at Kingsway recording Studios in London recording some of the numbers from his film

'The head ache'

punning on the word 'wood'

A woman and a man in military uniform stand beside the car

Clearing the Course!', July 7 Yoko Ono British pop group Herman Hermits'Clearing the Course!', July 7, 1888. William Henry Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, and his Conservative colleague, Charles Ritchie, attempt to steer the Ship of Government across crowded waters. The little boats represent all the pending government business of the time, but, one by one, they are being sunk under the weight of the government vessel. From Punch, or the London Charivari, July 7, 1888.