by WRA Admin | May 6, 2021 | Awareness, Drug Law, Drugs, WRA Blog
May 2021 will mark 50 years of the current UK drug policy ‘The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971’. Legislation that: Aimed to bring drugs under control in the UK. To bring a complete ban in the possession as well as the manufacturing, supply, export, import of controlled drugs...
by WRA Admin | Apr 7, 2021 | Archives, London Temperance Hospital, WRA Blog
Whilst cataloguing material in our archives, I came across correspondance from the 1920’s between the National British Womens Temperance Association (NBWTA – forerunner to the White Ribbon Association) and the London Temperance Hospital. I was keen to find out...
by WRA Admin | Mar 12, 2021 | Archives, Spring, WRA Blog
Spring is definitely in the air as I sit writing this. There is a beautiful blue sky, I can hear birds singing through the open window and the crocuses that I planted in the autumn are appearing in the garden. As a child in the 70’s, this was the season when my mum...
by WRA Admin | Mar 10, 2021 | #QuitforCovid, Coronavirus, Covid, No Smoking Day, Smoking, WRA Blog
March 10th will celebrate National No Smoking Day, an annual national health campaign that started in 1984 and encourages smokers to quit. Over the years, it has seen several changes to its organising body and is now in the hands of NHS Smoke Free. For the NHS,...
by WRA Admin | Mar 5, 2021 | 1895, Archives, International Womens Day, Womens Football, WRA Blog
A few months ago, I came across an article in an old periodical in our archives, which really caught my attention entitled ‘Should Women Play Football?’ dated 18th April 1895. We have International Women’s Day on the 8th March this year, and one of the...
