Western Temperance League Certificate
2010/12612
1900-1950 / Cardboard / Certificate / Document / Temperance
Printed on paper; ink
1931
The Western Temperance League was founded as The Bristol Temperance Society in 1836 by Cyrus Clark. His aim was to promote abstention from alcohol by any possible means, including missionary efforts. The WTL covered Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Berkshire, Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and various parts of South Wales.
This certificate of merit was awarded by the Juvenile Department of the League to Isabel Florence Powell, who had performed excellently in the League's examination in 1931. See also her Band of Hope Union Certificate 2010/12611 in the Online Collection.
There are other certificates and medals relating to temperance in the Online Collection, including 2010/12610, 2006/10692.
1931
The Western Temperance League was founded as The Bristol Temperance Society in 1836 by Cyrus Clark. His aim was to promote abstention from alcohol by any possible means, including missionary efforts. The WTL covered Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Berkshire, Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and various parts of South Wales.
This certificate of merit was awarded by the Juvenile Department of the League to Isabel Florence Powell, who had performed excellently in the League's examination in 1931. See also her Band of Hope Union Certificate 2010/12611 in the Online Collection.
There are other certificates and medals relating to temperance in the Online Collection, including 2010/12610, 2006/10692.
