Slide set: Tom, the boater: a tale of barge life (story: T.J. and W.F. Piggott, 43 slides, in/before 1901)

Set details Slide listing References to this set

Individual slides contained in this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1

Introductory

Slide 2

I can grab it, Tom

Slide 3

He watched her rather sadly

Slide 4

You've got a bad leg, Tom

Slide 5

I wish he'd say them over again

Slide 6

What did you say, my boy?

Slide 7

Yes, I'd like him well enough

Slide 8

Hush! perhaps he won't see us

Slide 9

Do yer want it now? asked Polly

Slide 10

I shall sleep on deck

Slide 11

Don't speak so loud

Slide 12

Tom urged the horse forward

Slide 13

She took hold of old Toby

Slide 14

Tom! Tom! where are you

Slide 15

I want yer to let me tie up your leg

Slide 16

Tom, Tom, yer lazy thief

Slide 17

He put his clothes on

Slide 18

You're going to leg thro' them tunnels

Slide 19

Tom preparing to leg through

Slide 20

They were a long time going thro'

Slide 21

He flung the tow ropes to Polly

Slide 22

He did not go straight to the barge

Slide 23

Toby, how can yer be so aggawatin?

Slide 24

That youngster's overboard, I know

Slide 25

'He's a boater, I s'pose,' said the man

Slide 26

Yes! that's how I got drownded

Slide 27

Yes, my boy, don't you like them?

Slide 28

There was a little more talk

Slide 29

Polly threw herself on the grass

Slide 30

Wake up, don't let yer mother whack you

Slide 31

What's the good of tracts to boaters

Slide 32

Does the master know what he's a doing

Slide 33

You don't know me Gaffer, I daresay

Slide 34

Now, Gaffer, I'll look arter the 'oss

Slide 35

'Is Tom your brother,' asked the man

Slide 36

Hymn, 'Jesus who lives above the sky'

Slide 37

The prospect of sleeping on the tow-path

Slide 38

'Oh, she's in, is she?' said old Joe

Slide 39

Why will it not do, Tom?

Slide 40

The toll-keeper was very kind

Slide 41

Well, I should like to see this man, Tom

Slide 42

no image available

Slide 43

Why, don't yer know me, Polly?

Slide title

Format

Image type

Production

Background

1

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Text – slide set title | Ship/boat – barge

2

I can grab it, Tom

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

3

He watched her rather sadly

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

4

You've got a bad leg, Tom

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

5

I wish he'd say them over again

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

6

What did you say, my boy?

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

7

Yes, I'd like him well enough

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

8

Hush! perhaps he won't see us

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Ship/boat – barge

9

Do yer want it now? asked Polly

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Ship/boat – barge

10

I shall sleep on deck

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Ship/boat – barge

11

Don't speak so loud

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Ship/boat – barge

12

Tom urged the horse forward

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Animal (land) – horse | Ship/boat – barge

13

She took hold of old Toby

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Animal (land) – horse | Ship/boat – barge

14

Tom! Tom! where are you

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Ship/boat – barge

15

I want yer to let me tie up your leg

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Ship/boat – barge

16

Tom, Tom, yer lazy thief

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Ship/boat – barge

17

He put his clothes on

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Animal (land) – horse | Ship/boat – barge

18

You're going to leg thro' them tunnels

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Animal (land) – horse | Ship/boat – barge

19

Tom preparing to leg through

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Ship/boat – barge

20

They were a long time going thro'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Ship/boat – barge

21

He flung the tow ropes to Polly

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Animal (land) – horse | Ship/boat – barge

22

He did not go straight to the barge

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Globe Inn, Linslade, Buckinghamshire, England

23

Toby, how can yer be so aggawatin?

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

image content: Animal (land) – horse

24

That youngster's overboard, I know

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England

25

'He's a boater, I s'pose,' said the man

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

image content: Animal (land) – horse

26

Yes! that's how I got drownded

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Interior location

image content: Building or structure (interior) – hospital (interior)

27

Yes, my boy, don't you like them?

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Interior location

image content: Building or structure (interior) – hospital (interior)

28

There was a little more talk

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Interior location

image content: Building or structure (interior) – hospital (interior)

29

Polly threw herself on the grass

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Linslade Lock, Linslade, Buckinghamshire, England | Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Ship/boat – barge

30

Wake up, don't let yer mother whack you

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England

31

What's the good of tracts to boaters

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Linslade Lock, Linslade, Buckinghamshire, England | Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Ship/boat – barge

32

Does the master know what he's a doing

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Ship/boat – barge

33

You don't know me Gaffer, I daresay

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Animal (land) – horse | Ship/boat – barge

34

Now, Gaffer, I'll look arter the 'oss

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Ship/boat – barge

35

'Is Tom your brother,' asked the man

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Animal (land) – horse | Ship/boat – barge

36

Hymn, 'Jesus who lives above the sky'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Text

Photography

N/A

image content: Text – song lyrics

37

The prospect of sleeping on the tow-path

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

38

'Oh, she's in, is she?' said old Joe

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Grand Union Canal, England
image content: Ship/boat – barge

39

Why will it not do, Tom?

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

40

The toll-keeper was very kind

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Linslade Lock, Linslade, Buckinghamshire, England | Grand Union Canal, England

41

Well, I should like to see this man, Tom

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

42

Hymn, 'Scatter seeds of kindness'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Text

Photography

N/A

43

Why, don't yer know me, Polly?

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Post Office, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
image content: Human figure – boy | Human figure – girl | Building or structure (exterior) – post office

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Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 March 2024

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