Blind-Man's Buff Product:Fine art poster 13th October 1961

13th October 1961

Interior view of Johnson's Pedestrian Hobbyhorse Riding School in the Strand

One of Gladstone's first moves when assuming office at the beginning of 1886 was to introduce his Irish Home Rule Bill

Gladstone was stopped by clamour and disorder

Blind-Man's Buff Product:Fine art poster 13th October 1961'Blind Man's Buff', 1888. The policeman faces insurmountable odds in his attempts to catch the many villains operating on the streets of Britain's towns and cities. This was the year also of Jack the Ripper and the failure of the police to find the guilty man led to them being less than flattering coverage in the newspapers of the day. From Punch, or the London Charivari, September 22, 1888.