A Hitch Size:XL: 100 x 70cm a line of brave British

a line of brave British policemen stand to attention

A man wearing a white apron with a badge attached to it

Pictured on a street corner dressed in a ragged coat and hat

A horse drawn omnibus waits outside

A Hitch Size:XL: 100 x 70cm a line of brave British'A Hitch', 1874. The traffic manager receives with annoyance the station master's report. There was growing disquiet at the number of accidents that happened each year on Britain's railway network. Many of these were blamed on inadequate investment in signalling and other necessities. Instead, the directors were pocketing fat profits. Meanwhile, accidents continued to be an everyday occurrence. From Punch, or the London Charivari, January 10, 1874.