Temperance Collection

Busy street scene at Spitalfields, East End of London
A busy street scene at Spitalfields in the East End of London. The location is the junction of Commercial Street and Brushfield Street. The building at the right is Spitalfields Market

Gin Juggarnath, 1835
The Gin Juggarnath, or the Worship of the Great Spirit of the age : a satire on gins apparent grip on British life in the early nineteenth century

Is that You, Daddy?
IS THAT YOU, DADDY ? Propaganda for prohibition presupposes that every man who patronises a bar will become a drunken sot

Universal Rescue Mission Caravan - E. H. Smith of Sheffield
Universal Rescue Mission Caravan and its owner, Mr E. H. Smith of Sheffield (on the right) - a local Christian Evangelical preacher, known as the Blind Evangelist

Wingates Temperance Prize Brass Band, Westhoughton, Lancashi
Wingates Temperance Prize Brass Band, Westhoughton, Bolton, near Hindley, Lancashire, England. Date: 1910s

Ravages of Alcohol
An illustration of how alcohol abuse affects the appearance and liver of a man through different stages of his life

Independent Order of Rechabites - Salford Unity Friendly Soc
Independent Order of Rechabites, a society of abstainers from alcohol - Salford Unity Friendly Society. Since 2004 The Rechabite Friendly Society has traded as Healthy Investment. Date: 1916

Keswick, Cumbria - The Skiddaw Temperance Hotel
The English Lakes - The Skiddaw Temperance Hotel, Keswick - J. Gillespie, Proprietor. " Lighted throughout by electricity". Date: circa 1909

Prohibition -The vision 1920
In these days even " Spirits" have their " Ghost". Satire in a British periodical, depicting Uncle Sam thinking about when alcohol was freely available

Crystal Palace Brass Band Festival
View of the Central Avenue leading to the Crystal Palace in south London at the time of the annual Brass Band Festival. Bands from all over the country took part

Looting Secret Whiskey
In America, crowds loot a secret whiskey store of confiscated liquor

DEADLY TEETOTALISM
Deadly teetotalism leads to a shorter life than temperate enjoyment of fine whiskey, claims an advertisement for Long Johns Ben Nevis Whiskey, distilled in Fort William. Date: 1890

Tatler cover - Britain abstains from drinking, WW1
Not during the war, thank you. Front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a bulldog, representing Great Britain, refusing a tankard of frothy beer

Frances Willard - 1
FRANCES ELIZABETH CAROLINE WILLARD American temperance advocate Date: 1839 - 1898

Children Drinking C1840
Two young children share a jug of gin outside a tavern. Are they beginning a life of intemperate misery, foulness and degradation in the eyes of God?

Prohibition & Uncle Sam
Prohibition and Uncle Sam

Liquor down the Drain
Contraband liquor is poured down the drain in Zion City, Illinois, USA

Comic postcard, Temperance speaker and audience Date: 20th century

Vintage Britannia Charabanc outside the Victoria Temperance Hotel, New Canal, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Date: 1910s

Temperance Movement - The Perils of too much beer and baccy... Date: circa 1900

Royal Naval Temperance Society on HMS Commonwealth

Temperance message Viscount Snowden early 1900s

Temperance message Viscount Snowden

Temperance message Jack Hobbs

Temperance message Jack Hobbs early 1900s

Temperance message George Bernard Shaw early 1900s

Temperance message George Bernard Shaw

Star Hotel, Great Yarmouth, Victorian period

John Knox House and Temperance Hotel, Royal Mile, Edinburgh

Edinburgh John Knox's House Victorian period

Temperance message, Victorian period

Rechabites poster

Morality message

Temperance The bottle 4

Temperance The bottle 3

Temperance The Bottle 7

Temperance The Bottle 8

Temperance The bottle 2

Temperance The Bottle 6

Temperance The Bottle 5

The Bottle - A temperance story written by George Cruikshank published in 1847 - taken from magic lantern slides - Slide No. 1

Man outside a pub Victorian period

Temperance Hotel

A Temperance Hotel Victorian period

Church Association National Protestant League Travelling Preacher Victorian period

Church Army Temperance Tent

Temperance magic lantern slide probably 1930s

John Wycliffe Protestant Movement Travelling Preacher Victorian period

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