Slide set: Wops, the waif: a story of London Arab life (story: Chatham Pexton, 40 slides, 1893)

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I say, Tickle, matey, wot's them a readin'?

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True to his nature, Tickle struck an attitude

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In a few moments both the ladies returned

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The top of the wall, eighteen inches high

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Ghurr-oo, boys! They're a-hopening the door

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The boy sat spell-bound, watching the singer

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Now then, Missis, I wants yer to help my pal

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Wops stood by the side of that quaint cot

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Well, young rascal, where are you rushing to?

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In a few moments they were at the bedside of Tickle

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Dr McIvor laid that strong grip upon the boy's shoulder

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An hour later, Wops sat on London Bridge

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And Mabel Jervoise became a new creature in Christ Jesus

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There's a ragged boy wants to see you, sir!

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Half-an-hour afterwards, Wops had finished

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Advertised in

October 1894

The optical magic lantern journal: volume 5 number 65 (October 1894), xiii

Catalogue entries (5)

1905

Catalogue of optical lantern slides (Bradford: Riley Brothers, 1905), 122

1906

Lantern slides, exhibitions and entertainments, lanterns, apparatus, etc. etc.: hire list, season 1906-7 (Newcastle upon Tyne: North of England Temperance League, 1906), 6

1909

Lantern slide catalogue (Glasgow: J. Lizars, 1909), 77

c.1913

Catalogue of lanterns, slides and accessories (London: J.W. Butcher, c.1913), 273

1913

Lantern and slide catalogue 1913-14 (London: Church Army, 1913), 201

“A story illustrative of London arab life, by Sydney Watson. Tells of the difficulties of a doctor who started to work among hooligans in one of the worst parts of London. Suitable for Coffee Suppers and Entertainments.”

Other reference

17 August 1893

[Stationer's Hall copyright register], COPY 1/413/915-953

Lucerna ID 3000915

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 May 2024

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