Slide set: The story of Beachy Head (recitation: York & Son, 18 slides, in/before 1905)

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Slide 1

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Slide 3

'Have you ever climbed to the summit?'

Slide 4

'Me and Jim and the children were up upon Beachy Head'

Slide 5

'Dick and Harry, they shouted and ran and played'

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Slide 8

'Annie,' he says, 'we've lost him'

Slide 9

A splendid-looking coastguard, a-sitting at his tea

Slide 10

He laid himself flat on the turf

Slide 11

And over the edge he was swung

Slide 12

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Slide 13

The vast white cliff that rose upwards like a white wall

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Slide 15

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Slide 16

Jim gave him his watch

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'I can tell you of a British hero straight'

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'Have you ever climbed to the summit?'

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'Me and Jim and the children were up upon Beachy Head'

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'Dick and Harry, they shouted and ran and played'

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'We saw the Coastguard Station'

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'I stood some minutes, watching, to see a sea-gull pass'

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'Annie,' he says, 'we've lost him'

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9

A splendid-looking coastguard, a-sitting at his tea

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10

He laid himself flat on the turf

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11

And over the edge he was swung

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I hid my eyes from the sight

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The vast white cliff that rose upwards like a white wall

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14

Striking his knife in the crannies, and holding on to the hilt!

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And held him safe till the ropes came

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Jim gave him his watch

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Now, young 'un, no more of these larks

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18

Thank God! for the brave hearts beating in the coastguards of Beachy Head

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Lucerna ID 3001684

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 16 March 2024

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