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[Magic lantern lecture] (lantern lecture, Dolyhir, Radnorshire, Wales, 1902)

Type of event
lantern lecture
Full title
Magic lantern lecture
Date
1902
People linked to event

STANTON, Captain , senior  (fl. 1890s-1900s) – lecturer

STANTON, Mrs   (fl. 1900s) – lantern operator

Reference
‘On the Lookout’ in Church Army gazette

“'Notice to Quit': (...) On Wednesday evening Capt. Stanton gave a lantern lecture in the house where he lives. The room was packed with people as closely as pins and needles, cooton and thread in a hawker's basket. The captain's wife worked the lantern, while the evavngelist explained the pictures. One of the views thrown on the sheet was Timothy reading the Holy Scriptures. The lecturer advised people present not simply to give a text or verse of a scripture a chew or turn in the mind and then to have done with it, like the little lad does with his butterdrops or toffee, but to act wisely (...)”

Lucerna ID 7000952

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 19 February 2011

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