The Next Invasion Size:Large: 7 x 5in St Giles-in-the-Fields

St Giles-in-the-Fields

the Gothic window looks into the ambulatory of St Bartholomew's Priory and almshouses can be seen on the left

Produced by the British company AV Motors Ltd

12th July 1964

The Next Invasion Size:Large: 7 x 5in St Giles-in-the-Fields'The Next Invasion', 1860. 'Landing of ther French (Light Wines) and Discomfiture of Old General Beer'. Earlier in February, England and France had committed themselves to the Treaty of Commerce. Under the terms of the Treaty, Britain could import French wines more cheaply, and this cartoon depicts Old General Beer, a rotund and florid man riding a cask of home brewed. He is looking in dismay at the advancing ranks of militant French wine bottles. Old