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A 1930 Cord L29

The Queen and mayor of Stockton seen here meeting the crowds gathered to greet the Queen on her Silver Jubliee tour of Cleveland

started a factory for the production of bicycle engines

The Merry Swiss Boy The Return of the Tourist mb-height 3230 Showing allegorical figures with a'The Merry Swiss Boy The Return of the Tourist', 1865. On the one side, a jolly Swiss landlord sings as he counts his money. On the other, a dejected young British tourist faces a pile of unpayable bills. This cartoon is accompanied by one of Punch's little ditties entitled 'The Real Swiss Boy'. Foreign trips were very popular during the mid Victorian period and the point Mr Punch is making is that the foreigners make their fortunes out of the tourist