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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:'Oh, the boys will be pleased! They're getting a bit fed up with you making them stay at college until they get their school certs.' Evening Post, 11 Feburary 1975
- Date
- 1975
- By
- Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989
- Reference
- B-134-696
- Description
This cartoon relates to the Labour government's policy of getting rid of School Certificate (a national exam for Fifth Formers) by 1977. It features three adult men in school uniforms drinking flagon beer and watching television in a suburban living room. The father has just come home with the newspaper which headlines this news and the mother replies that the boys will be pleased because they have had enough of staying at school to get their school cert. However, school certificate stayed until 2002
Exhibited in 'Lodge Laughs at Wellington: Celebrating the life and works of cartoonist Nevile Lodge' exhibition of cartoons By Nevile Lodge on Wellington topics over the period 1943-1988, curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive for the Wellington Museum of City and Sea, and exhibited at the Museum from 25 May to August 2004.
Published in book 'Lodge Laughs at Wellington' by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive, 2004.
Extended Title - School certificate exam out by 1977 - newspaper headline.
Label on verso dated Tues 11/2/75
Inscriptions: Pencil dated lower right hand corner 11/2/75
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 280 x 406 mm
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- Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988] / Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Cartoons for the Evening Post, 1975]
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink, letratone and crayon, 280 x 406 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.). Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:'Oh, the boys will be pleased! They're getting a bit fed up with you making them stay at college until they get their school certs.' Evening Post, 11 Feburary 1975. Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]. Ref: B-134-696. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23033666More information can be found in our terms of use.