by WRA Admin | Oct 26, 2023 | Archives, History, Temperance, WRA Blog
I have recently been looking through the early Annual Reports of the British Women’s Temperance Association, as we are planning to have these digitised for research purposes. This provided me with a good opportunity to take a look at the numbers of branches and...
by WRA Admin | Jun 12, 2023 | Lady Henry Somerset, Our Village Life, St Marys Home Reigate, WRA Blog
We have recently acquired a finely illustrated book for our archive collection. ‘Our Village Life’ was published in 1884 and was written and illustrated by Lady Henry Somerset. In the preface she explains how the sale of the book would help to support a home she had...
by WRA Admin | Jan 26, 2023 | Seven Men of Preston, Temperance, Total Abstinence, WRA Blog
I have recently been cataloguing our collection of temperance badges and medals, item by item. It has taken me some time to be able to get to the point of being able to examine these pieces in further detail. One piece caught my attention as being particularly...
by WRA Admin | Jul 20, 2022 | Archives, Victorian, WRA Blog
Our current health campaign is ‘Summer Safety’, providing advice to ensure safety and fun in the sunshine, on holiday and at festivals. If you are lucky enough to be getting ready for an upcoming summer holiday, you might be in the middle of deciding what clothes to...
by WRA Admin | Feb 25, 2022 | Archives, Capuchin Friars, Father Mathew, Ireland, Temperance Crusade, Uncategorised, WRA Blog
The British Women’s Temperance Association (BWTA) archive includes a collection of glass lantern slides including an illustrated image of Father Theobald Mathew (right), an Irish Priest and teetotalist reformer and President of Cork Total Abstinence Society formed in...
