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6d off
LDG/1/3/57 · Item · 1 April 1971
Part of Illustrations by Les Gibbard

A long line of ordinary people are walking from lef to right in a forest setting; the first person they meet is the smiling Anthony Barber handing out money next to a sign saying "Collect here" from a chest labelled "6d off"; they continue happily on until they reach the next tree which has a sign saying "Pay here", behind which Keith Joseph wields a club saying "National insurance" to bash the ordinary people over the head and take the money back off them; a rich man smoking a cigar walks off scot free; both the key characters are dressed like Robin Hood or one of the Merry Men.

Gibbard; Leslie David (1945-2010); cartoonist
70s Holidays Unlimited
LDG/1/6/19 · Item · [1970s]
Part of Illustrations by Les Gibbard

This cartoon consists of two panels. The first panel shows Roy Jenkins as a witch holding a wand in the shape of a pound symbol. In front of him is a poor and unhappy looking family, a pumpkin and six rats with "Package tour operators" written beneath them. In the next panel the pumpkin and rats have gone and have been replaced by a tour bus with the words "'70s Holidays Unlimited" written across it, which the family are now sitting in and looking happier. The cartoon is a parody of the Cindarella fairy tale and represents how Roy Jenkins abolished the fifty pound restriction on travel allowance.

Gibbard; Leslie David (1945-2010); cartoonist
8 October
JAS/1/10/20 · File · 2010
Part of Illustrations by James Sillavan

Colour drawing of a trench with men in suits sitting in a bunker whilst fire rains down on the land above. Drawing to accompany the article 'Ed's leadership will be lonely, but his politics are sound' by John Harris in the Comment & Debate section of the Guardian 8 October 2010 p.32. Also includes 16 draft versions

Sillavan; James (1950-2013); designer and cartoonist