by WRA Admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Archives, National Fitness Campaign, Olympics, Wellbeing, WRA Blog
The UK is facing a fitness drive following lock down and Covid. In the year of the Olympics in Japan and the Euros (Football tournament) 2021, we take a step back in time and look at a previous ‘Fitness Campaign’ that the UK Government ran in the 1930’s. In July...
by WRA Admin | May 14, 2021 | 1901, Archives, National Children's Day, WRA Blog
Sunday 16th May 2021 is National Children’s Day – #NCDUK2021 – which is ‘all is all about the importance of a healthy childhood, and how we need to protect the rights and freedoms of children in order to ensure that they can grow into happy, healthy...
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 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...
by WRA Admin | Feb 22, 2021 | Archives, RealBreadWeek, WRA Blog
February 20th – February 28th is Real Bread Week 2021. It is an annual, international celebration of Real Bread and the people who make it. We are encouraged to go to our local, independent Real Bread bakery, to support these business’s in our local communities...
