If your pages take longer, take out or redo the graphics to make the loading of each page faster. Graphics load more quickly if they contain a small number of colors. Limit the colors to the 16-color palette used by Windows' PaintBrush. Interlaced graphics can keep the viewer interested while the browser transfers the graphic. Interlaced graphics display as they load, typically with resolution going from low to high.
Many graphic programs can create interlaced graphics.
Use the same graphic on multiple pages. Besides consistency, there is a technical reason for this. The first time the graphic needs to display, it is downloaded to the user's computer and held in the browser's cache. If that graphic needs to be redisplayed, it can be quickly loaded from the cache instead of having to be downloaded again. This is the text that will display if the visitor to your site has turned the loading of graphics off in the browser.