Slide set: The road to Heaven (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 7-9 slides, 1891)

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Slide 1

So poor little Mike is sleeping the last long sleep of all

Slide 2

Cuddling close together, crouched on a big stone seat

Slide 3**

He'd a drunken father and mother, who sent him out to beg

Slide 4**

'That there's one road to 'eaven,' he said, as he pointed down

Slide 5**

When he seemed to lose his balance, gave a short, shrill cry, and fell

Slide 5a**

With a thud on the stonework under; then splash in the Thames went Mike

Slide 5b**

A boat put off from the landing, and they dragged his body out

Slide 6**

When they brought him here he was senseless, but slowly the child came round

Slide 7**

Then to the kind old doctor, 'Please, are you God?' he said

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Number of slides

7 minimum, 9 maximum (7 slides with 2 additional slides numbered 5a,5b in list)

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisation

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

recitation

Date of first manufacture

1891

Person linked to this set

model: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) – slides 5b and 6, as the boatman

Readings or songs

George R. Sims, ‘The road to Heaven’ in several compilations

Robert Craven, ‘The road to Heaven’ in Short lantern readings 4 (1887)

Related slide sets

reissue of The road to Heaven (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 6 slides, in/before 1887)

see generic title The road to Heaven (generic set title – 3 different versions are known)

Collections

7 slides known to exist in private collection

9 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keywords

children / family
Christmas
social issues – poverty
religion
SIMS, George R. (1847-1922)

Lucerna ID 3002625

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 10 March 2015

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Slide set: The road to Heaven (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 7-9 slides, 1891)