I was missing the single quotes! All good now thanks for commenting on the holiday!

Missing quotes -__- <img src="${childPage.properties['root/c1_leadspace_carouse/slide1FileReference']}">

I can't verify in ClassicUi since the component wasn't made for it. I'll have to add some classic ui only code to render to try. In the meantime, should I file this as a bug with Daycare?

I was able to solve with help from Rackspace CAS. Apparently the jcr:primarytype of the folder needs to be sling:OrderedFolder and not sling:Folder

Yes i can access it in classic ui. Very odd.

Thanks everyone

Thank you everyone. It really cleared it up for me. 

So I figured it out. I used we-retail's page component as a base.So page.html references headlibs.html which references author.htmlauthor.html<sly data-sly-use.wcmInit="initwcm.js" data-sly-use.clientLib="${'/libs/granite/sightly/templates/clientlib.html'}" data-sly-test="${!wcmInit.wcmmode.disabled...

My component correct refreshes when I add to any page in We-Retail. Which helps cement its an issue with my template/page component. Good suggestion! Now to figure out why. 

Thank you everyone. I understand now!