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[Magic lantern entertainment] (lantern entertainment, Ilkley, Yorkshire (West Riding), England, 11 January 1878)

Type of event
lantern entertainment
Full title
Magic lantern entertainment
Date
11 January 1878
Audience
Scholars and friends
People linked to event

BOTTOMLEY, J.  (fl. 1870s) – lecturer

Reference
‘Intelligence Country’ in Sunday School Chronicle

“Ikley, Wharfdale - On Friday, January 11, a large number of the scholars and friends belonging to this school attended at the Grove Schoolroom, when an entertainment was provided in the shape of a magic lantern, worked by Mr. J. Bottomley, of Bradford, who exhibited a variety of Swiss and Italian scenes and sketches, together with a number of slides portraying incidents in the stories of 'Robinson Crusoe,' 'The Piper of Hamelin,' 'John Gilpin,' etc.”

Lucerna ID 7001576

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 19 February 2011

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