Temperance report, 1875
His ire falls upon unaccompanied women who are drinking in pubs
From the 1830s onwards, the temperance movement became increasingly popular in Britain. Concerned about the destructive social impact of drunkenness among the working classes, temperance activists sought to promote teetotalism and campaigned against the sale of alcohol. In 1875, Bradford house painter, Methodist lay preacher and temperance activist James Scurrah visited dram shops, licensed houses and beer shops on Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights, and reported on what he saw. His reports are held by West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford. Archive assistant
