Wesney, Roy, 1918-1998 :[Twelve original cartoons. 1980-1990s].

Includes cartoons on various subjects by the man who featured in the television advertisements for Mainland Cheese in the 1980-1990s. Includes:

I declare the "Passing of Wind" ceremony open. (David Lange and Geoffrey Palmer outside the Beehive. 1980s). (Accompanied by a poem "It's an ill wind that nobody blows good")

On the open road. (A holidaying family drive wedged between two trucks on a dusty fumey road. 1980s?) (Title from accompanying poem).

Surely it can't be all dark in the lightness. (A couple embraces, the man wondering if kissing causes cancer - title and interpretation from accompanying poem).

Wellington Hospital halving its facilities. "Now for our next trick we will cut the patient in half and thus, eventually, halve the number of patients" / Wes.

"Good question, eh!" - "Spot on mate - just repeat - a little louder please" (An oyster talks and an oystercatcher replies - may relate to Kiwis travelling abroad - see accompanying poem "The world is our oyster" typed under "Wynchushudup" and housed with A-341-075)

"Wynchushudup, I'm doin' momework". (A schoolboy works at a hand-held calculator, while listening to the radio and watching television - the accompanying poem comments on the bad diction of children).

The drummer in a Salvation Army band parade breaks his drum through overzealous drumming. (Accompanied by poem "Me thinks the man protesthe").

The powers that WOT! (A cleaning lady mops the floor around a conference table).

[The not so Rarebit]. "Tell him we were only playing leapfrog" (Accompanied by poem "The not so rarebit" concerning the rabbit population problem. A farmer with a gun surprises rabbits "being overly conjugal").

"I've cleaned a lot of windows in my time ... the bloke who brings in Lotto must be blotto!" / Roy Wes. [ca 1987]. (plus photocopy of same)

[Sketch of elderly people socialising, including a self-portrait].

Just a word from The Olde Man, Thanks [Roy Wesney as the character from the Mainland Cheese advertisement. 1980s?]

Quantity: 12 original cartoon(s) plus photocopy of one of them.

Physical Description: Ink and crayon on sheets, sizes varying.

Provenance: Donated by Mrs Noelene Wesney in 1999.