Slide set: Harry's pint: or, threepence a day (story: Bamforth & Co., 20 slides, 1898)

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Slide 1

Harry was the ostler at the Green Man Inn

Slide 2

It was market-day that was the making of the place

Slide 3

Slide 4

Sunday was a sleeper species of the same class

Slide 5

Harry was a good steady man; quiet, obliging and industrious

Slide 6

My first acquaintance with him was when preaching in the open air

Slide 7

'Excuse me, sir', said Harry, 'but I thought I must come down and tell you!'

Slide 8

We kneeled together and gave thanks to God

Slide 9

His chin rested on his hands; his elbows were propped up by his knees

Slide 10

'What's that you're going to do?' asked his wife

Slide 11

Well he is a poor critter that can't keep his own promise

Slide 12

The poor woman was never so bothered before

Slide 13

Slide 14

She looked out though the slightly open door

Slide 15

It's all right, missus', said the man carrying the flour

Slide 16

Harry's wife turned in again to work at the bread

Slide 17

'Brought you a ton of coals, mum!' said the dusky driver

Slide 18

She reflected about it as she finished her bread

Slide 19

'O, Harry! the miller's man has brought the sack of flour'

Slide 20

'You see, dear, I've saved my threepence a day'

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1898-1914 (item ref. 1097)

in stock of North of England Temperance League, 1906 (item ref. 20)

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1906 (item ref. 329)

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 1322)

in stock of E.G. Wood, 1912 (item ref. 1822)

in stock of J.W. Butcher, 1913

in stock of Church Army, 1913 (item ref. LM 70)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

story

Date of first manufacture

1898

Person linked to this set

model: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) – slides 6-8, as the preacher

Reading or song

Mark Guy Pearse, Harry's pint: or threepence a day (London: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1880)

Related slide set

see generic title Harry's pint (generic set title – 2 different versions are known)

Collections

20 slides in Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Lucerna ID 3001366

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 14 March 2024

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