Slide set: Laddie (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 40 slides, 1907)

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Slide 1

Intro. with Title

Slide 2

She remained standing in the carriage

Slide 3

The 'bellerin' stopped instantaneously at such a refreshing sight

Slide 4

'This ain't London?' she asked in a thin, chirrupy voice

Slide 5

The old lady soon found another listener

Slide 6

A damp and steaming ticket-collector opened the door

Slide 7

There is something remarkable in the man John Clement Carter, M.D.

Slide 8

'Not another word, my dear boy, not another word!'

Slide 9**

Dr Carter was dreaming rosy dreams that evening in his quiet room

Slide 10

'Please, sir, there's some one wishes to see you'

Slide 11

The door was pushed open, and before him stood his mother

Slide 12

Dr Carter started up saying, 'Mother! why, mother!'

Slide 13

'I must have a good look at you, Laddie boy,' she said

Slide 14

John Carter busied himself with making the fire burn up into a blaze

Slide 15

The sight of her white, trembling old face touched the doctor's heart

Slide 16

'Look here,' he said, 'I want tea at once, in the dining room'

Slide 17

Ah! I remember well what tea you used to make in that little brown teapot at home

Slide 18

She stood for some minutes looking at the scene reflected in the glass before her

Slide 19

His door opened softly and his mother came in -- such a queer, funny old figure

Slide 20

She made him lie down, and tucked the clothes round him, and kissed him

Slide 21

It must have been soon after this that he woke with a start

Slide 22

God forgive me for wounding the brave old heart!

Slide 23

I don't think none the worse of you, but a deal the better for saying it out like a man

Slide 24

He did not find his mother at Sunnybrook

Slide 25

She stretched out both her soft hands, and said, 'Tell me about it'

Slide 26

'Love me less, then, Violet; hate me, for I was ashamed of her'

Slide 27

London seemed a very terrible place to the old countrywoman

Slide 28

She reached one of the parks at last, and sat down very thankfully on a seat

Slide 29

'Don't you see as you've dropped your purse?' he said in a surly, angry tone

Slide 30

The old woman longed, oh! how bitterly, for the old fireside, and the settle

Slide 31

'Why, it ain't never you! Whoever would have thougt of seeing you so soon?'

Slide 32

'Here they are, sir,' said the nurse, 'they must have dropped on the next bed, as you turned round'

Slide 33

'Mother!' he cried, 'mother, is it you?'

Slide 34

'Yes,' he said, 'and she is my mother'

Slide 35

'Ah, Laddie,' she said, 'I'm a bit tired with my journey'

Slide 36

As the evening came on, she fell asleep very quietly

Slide 37

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Slide 38

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Slide 39

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Slide 40

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1

Intro. with Title

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

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image content: Text – slide set title

2

She remained standing in the carriage

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

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Studio set

image content: Vehicle – railway carriage

3

The 'bellerin' stopped instantaneously at such a refreshing sight

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

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Photography

Studio set

image content: Vehicle – railway carriage

4

'This ain't London?' she asked in a thin, chirrupy voice

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: Vehicle – railway carriage

5

The old lady soon found another listener

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: Vehicle – railway carriage

6

A damp and steaming ticket-collector opened the door

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

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Photography

Studio set

image content: Vehicle – railway carriage

7

There is something remarkable in the man John Clement Carter, M.D.

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

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8

'Not another word, my dear boy, not another word!'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

9

Dr Carter was dreaming rosy dreams that evening in his quiet room

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

10

'Please, sir, there's some one wishes to see you'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

11

The door was pushed open, and before him stood his mother

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

12

Dr Carter started up saying, 'Mother! why, mother!'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

13

'I must have a good look at you, Laddie boy,' she said

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

14

John Carter busied himself with making the fire burn up into a blaze

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

15

The sight of her white, trembling old face touched the doctor's heart

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

16

'Look here,' he said, 'I want tea at once, in the dining room'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

17

Ah! I remember well what tea you used to make in that little brown teapot at home

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

18

She stood for some minutes looking at the scene reflected in the glass before her

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Interior location

19

His door opened softly and his mother came in -- such a queer, funny old figure

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

20

She made him lie down, and tucked the clothes round him, and kissed him

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

21

It must have been soon after this that he woke with a start

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

22

God forgive me for wounding the brave old heart!

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

23

I don't think none the worse of you, but a deal the better for saying it out like a man

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

24

He did not find his mother at Sunnybrook

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

25

She stretched out both her soft hands, and said, 'Tell me about it'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

26

'Love me less, then, Violet; hate me, for I was ashamed of her'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

27

London seemed a very terrible place to the old countrywoman

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

28

She reached one of the parks at last, and sat down very thankfully on a seat

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

29

'Don't you see as you've dropped your purse?' he said in a surly, angry tone

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

30

The old woman longed, oh! how bitterly, for the old fireside, and the settle

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

31

'Why, it ain't never you! Whoever would have thougt of seeing you so soon?'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

32

'Here they are, sir,' said the nurse, 'they must have dropped on the next bed, as you turned round'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

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image content: Human figure – nurse

33

'Mother!' he cried, 'mother, is it you?'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

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Photography

Studio set

image content: Human figure – nurse

34

'Yes,' he said, 'and she is my mother'

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: Human figure – nurse

35

'Ah, Laddie,' she said, 'I'm a bit tired with my journey'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

36

As the evening came on, she fell asleep very quietly

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: Human figure – nurse

37

Violet knelt down, and said very softly, 'Mother, I am Laddie's sweetheart'

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

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38

The two sat by in the dim quiet room, drawn closer together and dearer to each other

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39

'Oh, mother, say you forgive me'

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40

They laid her by the old master in Sunnybrook churchyard

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Lucerna ID 3001811

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 3 September 2012

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