The Double Janus Guard, for Clapham Junction overweight January 30

January 30

11th February 1992

Mr Punch takes a regular look at Mr Gladstone's Budget

Found in the collection of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum

British pop group The Hollies performing on the BBC television chart programme Top Of The Pops

The Double Janus Guard, for Clapham Junction overweight January 30'The Double Janus Guard, for Clapham Junction', 1865. A 'Double Janus', with four faces, stands guard at the new Clapham Junction, a complex arrangement of railway lines. All four faces will be needed if the trains are to be safely guided onto the right tracks. Janus in Roman mythology was the god of passageways and doorways. He is usually depicted as having two faces. From Punch, or the London Charivari, August 19, 1865.