Slide set: The old maid and the sailors (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 6 slides, 1890)

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Slide 1

Miss Prim was a lady of two score and ten, who had a most violent horror of men

Slide 2

It happened that just as these fellows they pass, the ball slipped away and then fell on the grass

Slide 3

The youngster, his hand slipped away from his aunt's, and after his ball in a moment he pants

Slide 4

Then one of the sailors rose up from his seat, intending to give his companion a treat

Slide 5

And so he continued to trot by her side, his comrade meanwhile scarce his laughter could hide

Slide 6

Or whether he gave hers a squeeze I can't tell, she presently set up a terrible yell

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1890-1914 (item ref. 323)

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

recitation

Date of first manufacture

1890

Reading or song

Robert Craven, ‘The old maid and the sailors’ in Short lantern readings 9 (1890)

Collections

6 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID 3000648

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 14 May 2024

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Slide set: The old maid and the sailors (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 6 slides, 1890)