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Slide set: Strike while the iron's hot (story: Bamforth & Co., 26 slides, 1896)

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Individual slides contained in this set (listed below slide images)
Slide 1


no image available
Slide 2
Children coming home from school were sure of a welcome
Slide 3
Nath was almost hidden in the steam as he dipped the heated iron
Slide 4
'Aye, lads, and if folks would only believe it, there's a good many besides'
Slide 5
Every face was turned to the glowing metal
Slide 6


no image available
Slide 7
There she sat in the little cottage with the baby on her lap
Slide 8
'Nath,' she says, 'wilt kiss the little one before you go'
Slide 9
Once inside the public house, all was forgotten
Slide 10


no image available
Slide 11
'But there, lads, I didn't strike while the good purpose was hot'
Slide 10 (rpt)


no image available
Slide 11a


no image available
Slide 12
I woke up, cold, and wondering what had happened
Slide 13
I went to the gate and listened
Slide 14
As I came in I saw her kneeling at a chair fast asleep
Slide 15
I looked over her shoulder at the open page
Slide 16
I kneeled down by her side. I didn't know how to pray exactly
Slide 17
She looked at me; 'Thank God,' she sobbed
Slide 18
'I have dreamt it night after night,' she said
Slide 19
We began that New Year, kneeling there at the opened Bible
Slide 20
'Come, you must let us in,' said the gruff voice of the policeman
Slide 21
'This looks very suspicious your honour,' said the policeman
Slide 22
The squire spoke very gravely, looking at me the whole of the time
Slide 11 (rpt)
Whatever the fright of that night did for me, it taught me one lesson
Slide 23
'You may see the roses to this day climbing right away up the roof'
Slide 24
'And now, lads, sign the pledge and ask God to help you'
Slide 25
'Eh, lass, I have been telling the chaps about you'
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Slide title
Format
Image type
Production
Background
1
My old friend Nath, the village blacksmith, was a man worth knowing
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Unknown
Photography
Unknown
2
Children coming home from school were sure of a welcome
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
image content: Human figure – blacksmith | Building or structure (exterior) – forge / smithy
3
Nath was almost hidden in the steam as he dipped the heated iron
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
image content: Human figure – blacksmith | Building or structure (exterior) – forge / smithy
4
'Aye, lads, and if folks would only believe it, there's a good many besides'
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
image content: Human figure – blacksmith | Building or structure (exterior) – forge / smithy
5
Every face was turned to the glowing metal
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
image content: Human figure – blacksmith | Building or structure (exterior) – forge / smithy
6
''Tis five and thirty years ago to-night, the last night of the year'
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
7
There she sat in the little cottage with the baby on her lap
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
8
'Nath,' she says, 'wilt kiss the little one before you go'
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Unknown
Photography
Unknown
9
Once inside the public house, all was forgotten
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
image content: Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior)
10
I leaned back against the hedge and got amongst the branches
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Unknown
Photography
Unknown
11
'But there, lads, I didn't strike while the good purpose was hot'
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
image content: Human figure – blacksmith | Building or structure (exterior) – forge / smithy
10 (rpt)
And here I was as bad as ever
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Unknown
Photography
Unknown
11a
(Effect) I seemed to see the sad, pale face and the ghost of the baby
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Unknown
Photography
Unknown
12
I woke up, cold, and wondering what had happened
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
13
I went to the gate and listened
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
14
As I came in I saw her kneeling at a chair fast asleep
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
15
I looked over her shoulder at the open page
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
16
I kneeled down by her side. I didn't know how to pray exactly
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
17
She looked at me; 'Thank God,' she sobbed
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
18
'I have dreamt it night after night,' she said
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
19
We began that New Year, kneeling there at the opened Bible
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
20
'Come, you must let us in,' said the gruff voice of the policeman
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
image content: Human figure – man | Human figure – police officer
21
'This looks very suspicious your honour,' said the policeman
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
image content: Human figure – man | Human figure – woman | Human figure – police officer
22
The squire spoke very gravely, looking at me the whole of the time
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
image content: Human figure – man | Human figure – woman | Human figure – police officer
11 (rpt)
Whatever the fright of that night did for me, it taught me one lesson
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
image content: Human figure – blacksmith | Building or structure (exterior) – forge / smithy
23
'You may see the roses to this day climbing right away up the roof'
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Photograph
Photography
Studio set
24
'And now, lads, sign the pledge and ask God to help you'
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
image content: Human figure – blacksmith | Building or structure (exterior) – forge / smithy
25
'Eh, lass, I have been telling the chaps about you'
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
image content: Human figure – blacksmith | Building or structure (exterior) – forge / smithy
Lucerna ID  3001191

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 16 March 2024

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