Mrs Taffy's Elixir St Nicholas Olave Middle row: Roy Dwight

Middle row: Roy Dwight

A milk seller handing a cupful of milk to a boy and girl on a street

Stephen's Academy'

to the excitement of the residents who line the route

Mrs Taffy's Elixir St Nicholas Olave Middle row: Roy Dwight'Mrs Taffy's Elixir', 1873. The Union representative in the centre is told that, had the workers had a vote, they would not have voted to strike. This cartoon relates to the strike action taken by 10,000 ironmasters' colliers in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire at the beginning of 1873. The knock on effect was to put a further 60,000 ironworkers, temporarily at least, out of work. Punch disapproved of the numerous strikes being taken by workers in various