Slide set: Dick Martyn: or, the sparrow's message (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 28 slides, 1913)

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Slide 1

'Granny, are you better now?' asked a little maid of seven years

Slide 2

'Leave the door open, lassie; let me hear the birdies sing'

Slide 3

The teacher noticed that the face of little May was white

Slide 4

'What is the matter, little May?' asked the teacher

Slide 5

Memory brought back the days when she, too, was a little lassie

Slide 6

Dick Martyn had long since been forgotten in Foldenfield

Slide 7

Slide 8

Mrs Martyn, hearing a visitor, put the dry bread in the cupboard

Slide 9

'My dear, 'tis good of you to come and see me'

Slide 10

She carried baskets and ran errands on Saturdays

Slide 11

The old lady looked up with a smile as Jeannie went in

Slide 12

'I must just leave it, lassie -- leave it with Him'

Slide 13

The teacher spent every night under the roof of the thatched cottage

Slide 14

That same evening a traveller drew near to the village of Foldenfield

Slide 15

The traveller went and stood in the little burying-ground

Slide 16

He gathered a spray of ivy, and placed it in his pocket-book

Slide 17

'No light in the kitchen window,' he said sorrowfully

Slide 18

At the window he saw a face that made his heart beat quickly

Slide 19

He saw a little child come out into the garden

Slide 20

'Little girl, tell me if you have ever heard of a Mrs Martyn'

Slide 21

Slide 22

'Why, lassie, are these tears? Why should you cry, dearie?'

Slide 23

Slide 24

Slide 25

He put out his arm and drew her back to his mother's side

Slide 26

Little May was asleep when the tale of the past was told

Slide 27

Slide 28

'Now, mother, now, Jeannie, let the time of tears be past'

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of William Lane, , dates unknown (item ref. N.171)

in stock of William C. Muir, dates unknown

in stock of Reynolds & Branson, dates unknown

in stock of J.W. Butcher, 1913

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1913-1914 (item ref. 1827)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

service of song

Date of first manufacture

1913

Reading or song

M.S. Haycraft (arr. Arthur Linwood), Dick Martyn: or, the sparrow's message (Eastwood, Nottinghamshire: A. Linwood, n.d.)

Notes

Dated from Riley catalogue - could possibly be slightly earlier. Slide listing from Reynolds & Branson catalogue.

Collections

28 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keywords

children / family
creative arts – music
social issues – poverty
religion
social issues – alcohol / temperance

Lucerna ID 3003400

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 6 January 2024

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Slide set: Dick Martyn: or, the sparrow's message (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 28 slides, 1913)