Slide set: The street tumblers (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 10 slides, 1890)

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Slide 1

Yes, I'm his mother, lady -- don't say, 'Poor little lad!'

Slide 2

Look at his rosy cheeks, ma'am! look at his sturdy limbs!

Slide 3

He'd had to give up performin', for the agony made him shriek

Slide 4

We wouldn't go in the workhouse, so we just go trampin' on

Slide 5

And the doctor who saw it told him if he didn't rest he'd be lamed

Slide 6

So we had to go to the workhouse for the sake of a meal and bed

Slide 7

So we started again, but often I'd stop by one o' them pools

Slide 8

Now look at him yonder, lady -- handsome and firm o' limb

Slide 9

But we hadn't sat down a second when a beadle came up like mad

Slide 10

I rushed from the church that moment, my senses seemed to reel

Slide 2 (rpt)

And Johnny grew plump and pretty, and learnt to hold the shell

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1890-1914 (item ref. 283)

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891

in stock of E.G. Wood, 1894 (item ref. 31395)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 439a)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

recitation

Date of first manufacture

1890

Reading or song

George R. Sims, ‘The street tumblers’ in several compilations

People appearing in slides

BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) – slides 5, 9

Collections

11 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keyword

SIMS, George R. (1847-1922)

Lucerna ID 3000609

Record created by Richard Crangle and Lydia Jakobs. Last updated 4 May 2024

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Slide set: The street tumblers (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 10 slides, 1890)