This page for one of my articles is a joint effort: the cut-out images from newspapers and magazines were collected by a young worsted cloth mender who worked in Valley Mills, Pudsey, over a century ago. Sophia Barnett folded them away in her 1904 school prize, a copy of Mrs Gaskell’s Cranford, which I bought from a second-hand shop in Horbury in the early 1970s.
Who’s Smiler?
It’s been fascinating to research the who is depicted but I haven’t had any luck with the cartoon character.
I’m guessing that ‘Smiler’ was a music hall comedian or possibly a silent film star.
If you have any idea as to who he is please let me know.