The Sunday Question mb-code 1150750 while a man carries loaves

while a man carries loaves of bread on his head in the distance

'Portrait of the Actress Antonia Zárate'

Church of St Mary the Virgin

'May Day (in London)'

'Goldenrod' Land Speed Record attempt car

The Sunday Question mb-code 1150750 while a man carries loaves'The Sunday Question', 1869. The drinking habits of the working classes was always a cause for concern amongst their social superiors. A number of attempts had been made to close public houses on Sundays and, in this cartoon, Punch shows a typical Sunday public house. A drunkard stands unsteadily at the bar and his wife has arrived to persuade him to come home. It was believed that many women turned to drink simply because they had to enter public