Richmond Local Studies Library (that's Richmond, Surrey), Old Town Hall,
Whittaker Ave, Richmond TW9 1TP have annual reports of the local branch
from the 1890s to the end of the 1920s. The branch was run in an extremely
autocratic manner by Miss Jenny Newton-Foster and it is quite clear, reading
between the lines, that she and her band of followers exceedingly irritated
the local council. For all her bluster however the branch was pretty
unsuccessful. The most it achieved was occasionally to stop the issue of a
glass of beer to paupers in the local workhouse at Christmas!
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From: Margaret Barrow <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 27 May 1999 13:48
Subject: Women's temperance societies/associations
Having completed my PhD on the women's temperance movement in the
late nineteenth century which concentrated on the British Women's
Temperance Association ( also know as the NBWTA) and the role of the
presidents in the women's movement I keen to local the records of
local societies.
Obviously I have searched the Register of Archives and the standard
works, but the" haul" has been slight.
If anyone on this list knows of any records I would be grateful if
they could let me know. My particular interest is in the North West
of the UK and Yorkshire where temperance was particularly strong.
I am particulary keen to locate temperance statues or memorial
fountains still in location - just for the fun of it!!
Hope some of you can help.
Margaret Barrow
Margaret Barrow
Joule Library
UMIST,
P.O. Box 88
Sackville St.,
Manchester M60 1QD
Tel +44 61 200 4932
Fax +44 61 200 4941
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