Slide set: Rain while you wait (story: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1905)
![[Freddie and Charlie found it totally impossible to keep out of mischief]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5082/5082789a.jpg "[Freddie and Charlie found it totally impossible to keep out of mischief]")
![[A little ticket on which they were going to write 'rain while you wait']](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5082/5082790a.jpg "[A little ticket on which they were going to write 'rain while you wait']")
![[They espied old Miss Spriggins coming down the side of the road]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5082/5082791a.jpg "[They espied old Miss Spriggins coming down the side of the road]")
![[She is speedily attracted by the very prominent notice]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5082/5082792a.jpg "[She is speedily attracted by the very prominent notice]")
![[She proceeds to see if she has a spare copper]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5082/5082793a.jpg "[She proceeds to see if she has a spare copper]")
![[Miss Spriggins places a penny in the slot]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5082/5082794a.jpg "[Miss Spriggins places a penny in the slot]")
![[It would be as well perhaps if she put up her umbrella]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5082/5082795a.jpg "[It would be as well perhaps if she put up her umbrella]")
![[They turned the tap on and commenced to give here a good sprinkling]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5082/5082796a.jpg "[They turned the tap on and commenced to give here a good sprinkling]")
![[A large pail of water which is speedily emptied in full force]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5082/5082797a.jpg "[A large pail of water which is speedily emptied in full force]")
![[The two boys jump down from the wall and begin screaming with laughter]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5082/5082798a.jpg "[The two boys jump down from the wall and begin screaming with laughter]")
![[Miss Spriggins shuts her umbrella to get in a better position to enforce her arguments]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5082/5082799a.jpg "[Miss Spriggins shuts her umbrella to get in a better position to enforce her arguments]")
![[Freddy is soon on the ground apologizing very humbly]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5082/5082800a.jpg "[Freddy is soon on the ground apologizing very humbly]")
Theobald & Co., England
in stock of Houghton's Ltd, 1905 (item ref. 118)
‘Rain while you wait’ in Readings in prose and verse
see also [Rain while you wait] (story: W. Rider & Co., 12 slides, n.d.)
The slide titles are based on the text of the reading; the slides themselves carry no titles.
12 slides known to exist in private collection
12 slides known to exist in private collection
Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 25 June 2014
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