Slide set: The curse of drink: a temperance recitation in verse (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 9 slides, 1892)

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Slide 1

And tea being o'er, beside the fire they'd sit, / And she would sew, while Tom would read a bit

Slide 2

Three years roll'd on, and, as is oft the case, / This little family grew in numbers and in grace

Slide 3

About this time poor Tom began to go / And get his glass of beer, just one, you know

Slide 4

Thus Tom, though he was only a beginner, / Prided himself on being a splendid sinner

Slide 5

The mother sits, and silently is weeping / While on her knee a little one is sleeping

Slide 6

no image available

Slide 7

He reels a-pace and falls upon the floor, / Curses himself, his wife, and speaks no more

Slide 8

Well, all this while the wife, with half-crazed head, / Glares on the two dear loved ones now laid dead

Slide 9

A drunken brawl, in which a fellow-man / Had smashed his head in with an ale-house can

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Wrench & Son, dates unknown

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1892-1914 (item ref. 469)

in stock of J. Lizars, 1909 (item ref. 112)

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 544)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

recitation

Date of first manufacture

1892

Reading or song

Robert Lee, ‘The curse of drink’ in Walker's temperance dialogues and recitations 50 (1889)

Related slide set

reissued as The curse of drink (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 17 slides, 1901)

Notes

Not in the Bamforth catalogue because it was replaced by a longer version in 1901 - the slide titles are taken from the 1898 Wrench catalogue.

Collections

8 slides in Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Subject keyword

social issues – alcohol / temperance

Lucerna ID 3000784

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 17 September 2021

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Slide set: The curse of drink: a temperance recitation in verse (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 9 slides, 1892)