How political leaflets used to look: a mystery Liberal leaflet
This one is a little bit of a mystery:
Satirical, but in a way that means it was perhaps produced for training purposes?
Do let me know if you can shed any light on this.
For more gems from past election leaflets, see my collection How leaflets used to look.
This looks very similar to something Tony Hill of Sarsen Press produced for training purposes in the late ’70s or early ’80s.
Sounds like a modern spoof. The give-away is this, methinks: “District councillors paid a salary of £12,000 a year”.
Netherthorpe is part of Staveley, to the east of Chesterfield, Derbyshire. I don’t recognise any of the named individuals except Lord Boothby. I agree that at least part of the content may be satirical, but wouldn’t rule out that this newsletter was genuinely circulated. Wonder if anyone from Chesterfield LP can help more ?
The other name I recognise is Lord Gladwin, who as Sir Gladwin Jebb was our ambassador to France back in the 1950s. As a child, I used to be a tenant of his; we lived in the Lodge on his estate in Bramfield, Suffolk. He was a Liberal peer. I’m sure that with his diplomatic experience behind him, he would not have made quite such an awful speech 🙂
As to origin of the leaflet – if it may be from Tony Hill, why not ask him? Try via https://sarsenpress.com/
I rather fancy the curry and cider evening.. a great idea worth repeating..
The Pigeon thing only began in 2017 in the US ( see “Birds aren’t Real ) so it can’t be any earlier than that.
The leaflet definitely predates 2017 (Wendy who has the original has had it for years and the paper, typography etc. all point to pre-2017 as does the various memories of it shared here and elsewhere online). So perhaps there’s more to the origin of the 2017 US pigeon thing than has been realised?
Training leaflet