The cards, called Adventurous Lives, feature a series of really dangerous jobs for men, of the sort that almost never come up at the job centre: test pilot, crocodile hunter, speedway rider, sea-quarium vet, big game hunter, log roller and atomic worker being some of our favourites.

We totally want to be sea-quarium vets when we grow up:

"The newest way of studying the habits of marine creatures is the construction of large sea-water aquariums. Naturally, like all living things, sea creatures can become ill, so veterinary surgeons have to specialise in the treatment of these illnesses. In the picture a vet is shown treating a porpoise, but it may be necessary to treat sharks, or poisonous rays, or even a whale. As yet there are no Sea-Quariums in Britain, but no doubt one day there will be."

Check out some larger pics over at Alistair's Adventurous Lives Flickr set.

*Interestingly, the phrase 'lovely-jubbly', as made popular by Del Boy Trotter on Only Fools and Horses, comes from the tag-line for Jubbly Orange Drink.