Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
United Kingdom Alliance
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1853: The United Kingdom Alliance, a temperance...
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1853
The United Kingdom Alliance
, a temperance reform group dedicated to prohibition, formed in Manchester.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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1857: Sensing that nationwide prohibition of alcohol...
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1857
Sensing that nationwide prohibition of alcohol was unlikely, the United Kingdom Alliance
changed its lobbying efforts to securing Local Option prohibition, which would allow the question to be decided in individual settlements.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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1863: Sir Wilfred Lawson introduced the United...
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1863
Sir Wilfred Lawson
introduced the United Kingdom Alliance
's Permissive Bill to Parliament
in a bid to give two-thirds of the ratepayers of a parish the power to refuse licences for the sale of liquor.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
83
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 21st ed., Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895.
