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[Magic lantern entertainment] (lantern entertainment, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, 5 January 1887)

Type of event
lantern entertainment
Full title
Magic lantern entertainment
Date
5 January 1887
Time of day
evening
People linked to event

LAWSON, Percy  (fl. 1880s) – lantern operator

LAWSON, W.  (fl. 1880s) – lantern operator

Organisations linked to event
Reference
‘Country’ in Sunday School Chronicle

“Shaftesbury. - About seventy children of the Congregational Sunday School were entertained in a most pleasing manner in the Muston's-lane School-room on Wednesday, Jan. 5th. After tea the children, teachers and friends spent a happy time by engaging in a number of amusing games. During the evening a magic lantern entertainment was given by Messrs. W. and Percy Lawson. Towards the close of the evening's enjoyment a Christmas tree was stripped by willing hands of its load, and the prizes distributed by the Rev. J. Pointer. (...)”

Lucerna ID 7003657

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 19 February 2011

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