by WRA Admin | Apr 23, 2026 | Archives, Temperance, WRA Blog
When the British Women’s Temperance Association (BWTA) was formed in 1876, it’s Constitution set out the object of the association. Its object was to form a federation of existing Women’s Temperance Societies from across the country and by combined effort, greater...
by WRA Admin | Nov 6, 2024 | 1924, Archives, Temperance, WRA Blog
The British Women’s Temperance Association (BWTA) was founded in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1876, at the height of the Temperance Movement. The Temperance Movement declined into the twentieth century due to societal changes especially around the First and Second World...
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 | 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 particular piece caught my attention as being...
by WRA Admin | May 25, 2021 | Band of Hope, Margaret Baker, National Share a Story Month, Temperance, WRA Blog
May is National Share a Story Month 2021, which is ‘an annual celebration of the power of storytelling and story sharing….’ With this in mind we take a look at a small collection of books in our archive. This might spark some happy childhood memories of bedtime...
