The children's branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and still active in 2008 - we found the pledge with a link to join: "The Pledge: That I may give my best service to home and country, I promise, God helping me, not to buy, drink, sell, or give alcoholic liquors while I live. From other drugs and tobacco I'll abstain, and never take God's name in vain."
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Loyal Temperance Legion
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Lady Somerset and temperance
The original bronze statue by Wade in 1897 was stolen in 1971 when it was saw...
Other Subjects
Valerie Looker
Killed, aged 18 mths, in the Downhills shelter WW2 tragedy, 19 September 1940.
Roy Sterling
Devoted many years of his life to working with young people at Coram's Fields. Died before Spring 1993.
Sacred Heart School, Hammersmith
The origins of the school date back to a nunnery in 1609. In 1869, Cardinal Manning decided to convert it into a seminary, and had John Francis Bentley (the architect of Westminster Cathedral) draw...
Olave Baden-Powell
Born Olave Soames in Derbyshire. 1912 met Robert Baden-Powell on a trans-Atlantic ocean liner. They discovered that they shared a birthday, even if they were 32 years apart. This didn’t stop them m...
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