Slide set: Self-made fetters: a temperance story in verse (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 9 slides, 1893)

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Slide 1**

Very, very slowly was a toper going from the Mermaid Tavern where he spent his life

Slide 2**

In his zigzag progress came he 'gainst a pillar standing by the pavement, with a startling shock

Slide 3**

With a desperate grasping to the pillar clinging, lest his nerveless body in the gutter fall

Slide 4**

With his trembling fingers his great coat unfolding, he with mighty effort buttoned it quite fast

Slide 5**

But to his deep horror vainly tried to turn he. Held to that fell pillar by some magic power

Slide 6**

In his mind excited came the wildest fancies. -- Had the electric currents from those singing wires

Slide 7**

'Help!' he cried, 'Policeman! save me from this hobble, even if your duty makes you run me in

Slide 8**

Vainly called he others as they went by mocking at his frantic efforts as he writhed and swore

Slide 9**

'Can't you see, poor fellow, what is just the matter? You your coat have buttoned right around the post!'

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Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1893-1914 (item ref. 575)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 543)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

recitation

Date of first manufacture

1893

Reading or song

M.B. Moorhouse, ‘Self made fetters: a temperance story in verse’ in Short lantern readings 17 (1893)

Related slide set

see also [Two drunk men meet in street] (story: 'Maker 24', at least 7 slides, n.d.)

Collections

16 slides known to exist in private collection

9 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keyword

social issues – alcohol / temperance

Lucerna ID 3002118

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 10 May 2024

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Slide set: Self-made fetters: a temperance story in verse (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 9 slides, 1893)