1956: Routine
He is in hospital and some repairs are taking place ‘underneath’. The patient is obviously wondering whether it is the bed or himself that is being repaired.
You posted that one yesterday!
Very funny, though.
(I forget things too!)
Yes, I WAS confused.
Here is another one.
1956: Who is the boss?
This young rider is not in complete control of her animal.
I love Thelwell!
True to life too. I used to take one of my granddaughters and her horse to various events around West Yorkshire and the shenanigans of some of the more posh and spoiled girls was a sight to behold. I remember one exasperated dad announcing that his daughter’s horse was for sale as she was “a little ungrateful b*itch.”
What I like about his cartoons is the feature the riders and mounts have in common: their abnormally short legs.
1948: Emmett and the gypsies
Ignoring all the usual gypsy entertainments Emmett shows, with all his usual whimsy, the lone traveller watching a poor example on television.
1956: Searle’s suggestion of childcare
Ronald Searle’s morbid outlook is again shown here. This child is held in a version of the stocks. Prams weren’t designed with restraint in mind. Today’s buggy is designed to achieve this. These days kids are held in a buggy with a simple safety strap.
1949: Wearing the coat
Ronald Searle is toying with an impossible trick whereby a man’s personality is taken over by an overcoat.
1956: Morticians’ Reading Matter
Once again we are confronted with Ronald Searle’s outlook on life. The morticians and a magazine called ‘Life’ seem to totally different. Yet that is what they are looking at.
1954: Children at risk
Ronald Searle actually labels this seller as a child hater. Searle really had some problems.
Ha Ha! Now that’s funny 
1957: Psychoanalysis
Mrs Tankerton has a severe problem. I suppose that the cartoon is meant to illustrate that deep seated issues are not obvious to anyone else. That’s my interpretation anyway.
Small feet again but the patient’s heels look quite reasonable.
I think I know that cat 
1947: Boxing on Telly
There was very little on television in the early post war years.
The text is somewhat blurred. Here it is:
Oh for heaven’s sake Granny - you can’t expect boxing every night.
1949: Ballet for the overweight
Ronald Searle is taking a very jaundiced view of these young students of ballet. This male dancer is not going to lift the two females.
1951: Not really funny at all
The motorist in the middle is in a dangerous position. Brockbank is simply ignoring this aspect.
Reminds me of the 60’s Bubble Car song by the Playmates 
1949: Duelling in a municipal park
I don’t expect that any park regulations cover a nineteenth century type duel.
1956: Modern sculpture
I probably do need to explain the that LCC stands for London County Council. ‘Modern’ sculpture did tend to be large and enigmatic. The two ladies don’t try and understand and view it with suspicion. The artist probably doesn’t agree.