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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 23 Jan 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/39/4-5
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Board of Trade) to Henry Massingham asserting that there was much support in the country for the rejection by the House of Lords of the Licensing Bill and that an attack on the Lords on constitutional grounds will fail if not backed by a demand in the country for a specific measure which the Lords will not pass. Looks forward to the major measures being planned by the Government. Copy in the hand of Annette Anning signed by WSC. Annotated: "not sent." A typescript copy at...
Dates: 23 Jan 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/34/23-24
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Letter from Arnold Lupton (13 Spring Road, Headingley, Leeds, [Yorkshire]) to WSC on Sir William Dupree's claim that the value of the Coach and Horses inn at Hilsea [Hampshire] was greatly reduced after he bought it because of the introduction of the Licensing Bill.

Dates: 22 Apr 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Apr 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/34/25
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Cutting from the Methodist Recorder: marked article on Sir William Dupree's claim that the value of the Coach and Horses inn at Hilsea [Hampshire] was greatly reduced after he bought it because of the introduction of the Licensing Bill.

Dates: 16 Apr 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Apr [1908] - 25 Apr 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/34/35A-35B
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Cutting: letter from E P Stevenson to the editor of the Westminster Gazette asserting WSC's claims to the support of Free Trade Unionists in the North-West Manchester election and criticising his opponents' campaigning on the Licensing Bill and other issues; also includes covering note for letter [not present] from [?] Bertram Straus [MP for Mile End, London] offering to give up his seat to WSC.

Dates: 21 Apr [1908] - 25 Apr 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 May 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/34/48
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Letter from J Wales Cameron (11 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, [Scotland]) to WSC enclosing cuttings about a dinner party attended by WSC in Edinburgh which contravened the local licensing laws [see CHAR 2/34/48a].

Dates: 15 May 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 May 1908-[14] May 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/34/48a
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Cuttings from the [Edinburgh Evening Dispatch] about a dinner party attended by WSC in Edinburgh [Scotland] which contravened the local licensing laws. 2 papers. Sent with CHAR 2/34/48.

Dates: 13 May 1908-[14] May 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Jul 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/35/8
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Letter from Rosalind Carlisle (1 Palace Green, Kensington, [London]) praising his recent speech in Hyde Park [London] on the Licensing Bill and asking for a meeting.

Dates: 27 Jul 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Jul 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/35/24
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Letter from Marie Corelli (Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon, [Warwickshire]) to WSC referring to his recent speech in Hyde Park [London] on the Licensing Bill and mentioning her new book on the drink problem, Holy Orders. States that she is not a suffragette.

Dates: 27 Jul 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Oct 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/35/49
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Letter from C Healy (Stort Lodge, Bishop's Stortford, [Hertfordshire]) to WSC asking whether he supports the policy of the United Kingdom Alliance, whose chief object is "'the total suppression of the liquor traffic'".

Dates: 17 Oct 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Apr 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/37/2
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Letter from Edward Tootal Broadhurst (The Manor House, North Rode, Congleton, [Cheshire]) to WSC stating that he will only support WSC in the North-West Manchester by- election if it is fought specifically on Free Trade, since he disagrees with other Government measures such as the Licensing Bill.

Dates: 10 Apr 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Apr 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/45/84
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Letter from Lord Islington [earlier Sir John Dickson Poynder] (8 Chesterfield Gardens, [London]) to WSC on his appointment as Governor of New Zealand and the Inebriate Reformatory Bill.

Dates: 20 Apr 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1903]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/10/4
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Pamphlet - No Compensation by Joseph Malins, published by the National Temperance Federation, advocating no compensation for the compulsory extinction of liquor licenses.

Dates: [1903]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Mar 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/16/94-95
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Samuel Lamb, on possible points of difference between himself and the Liberals, particularly the Licensing Question, Disestablishment and Disendowment, and the need for reform of the Education Act, giving his opinion that the election would be fought on four main issues, (1) Free Trade, (2) Retrenchment and the reorganisaton of finance on strict Gladstonian principles, (3) Reduction in size and cost of the Army and the Navy, (4) a copmplete re-organisation of the Army...
Dates: 26 Mar 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jun 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/17/80
Scope and Contents Letter from Charles Prescott (42 Half Moon Street, [London]) to WSC asking him to support his Liberal candidature for the St Augustine's division of Kent with a speech at Deal. CHAR 2/17/81 12 June 1904 Letter from Francis William Fox (Reform Club, Pall Mall, [London]) to WSC enclosing a printed letter on the Licensing Bill sent by him to the Home Secretary [Aretas Akers-Douglas] [see CHAR 2/17/82] and asking whether WSC and others could not bring about a compromise between the liquor trade...
Dates: 11 Jun 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Jun 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/17/82
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Letter from Francis William Fox (Reform Club, [London]) to Aretas Akers-Douglas (the Home Secretary) detailing the objections of the Temperance movement, churches and others to the Licensing Bill and suggesting amendments to it. Printed Originally sent with CHAR 2/17/82.

Dates: 12 Jun 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Jun 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/17/99
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Letter from Alfred Stansfield (52 Moorhouse Place, Gibraltar, Pudsey, [Yorkshire]) to WSC complaining about the provision for compensation to licence-holders in the Licensing Bill.

Dates: 29 Jun 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Jul 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/17/114
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Letter from G S Pawle (Widford, Ware, Hertfordshire) to WSC criticising the absence of a time limit for compensation to brewers in the Licensing Bill. Annotated in shorthand.

Dates: 03 Jul 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 May 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/19/80
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Letter from F A Parker, secretary of the Eccles Borough Band of Hope and Temperance Union (7 Poplar Road, Monton, [Lancashire]) to WSC asking him to present a petition against the Licensing Bill to the House of Commons.

Dates: 17 May 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Jun 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/19/92
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Letter from John Kempster, director of the Hyde Park Demonstration against the Government Licensing Bill (Broad Sanctuary Chambers, 20 Tothill Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (105 Mount Street) inviting him to address the demonstration. Signed typescript. Annotated: "I have said no".

Dates: 10 Jun 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/1/1
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Report entitled "Women and Children in Public Houses. Information obtained from certain police forces as to the frequenting of public houses by women and children".

Dates: 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 14 Oct 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/3/7
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Letter from Lord Loreburn [earlier Sir Robert Reid, Lord Chancellor] (Kingsdown, Deal [Kent]) to WSC on the subject of liquor reform which he describes as the "very root of all Social Reform", requesting information on the decline in arrests and convictions since the 1909-1910 Budget and increased duty on spirits. Signed manuscript.

Dates: 14 Oct 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 21 Jun 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/2/47
Scope and Contents Letter from P Rose, Private Secretary (Scottish Office) to Edward Marsh concerning the Temperance Bill, which has passed through the Scottish Grand Chamber but has not been appointed a day to be taken to the House of Commons. He returns unanswered letters (which Marsh or [Sidney] Harris have sent him) commenting that letters from the industry demanding that the bill should be abandoned are contrary to the wishes of the Committee, and that those which demand a stronger measure are...
Dates: 21 Jun 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 21 Sep 1910-28 Sep 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/32
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Note from WSC (Home Office) to John Pedder enclosing a memorandum [not present] from the Socialist Lord Provost of Dundee [Scotland] on the reduction in crime following the imposition of a new whisky duty, 21 Sep 1910 Typescript annotated with Pedder's comments on the memorandum, 23 Sep [1910, and with note that it was sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George], 28 Sep [1910]].

Dates: 21 Sep 1910-28 Sep 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/65/36-37
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Letter from P W Wilson (The Red Gable, Meadway, Hendon, [London]) to WSC inviting him to become a patron of the People's Palaces Association, which aims to establish well-run refreshment houses for the sale of tea and coffee to workers, and enclosing a statement of the aims of the association [see CHAR 2/65/38]. Signed typescript. Annotated by WSC: "no".

Dates: 02 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/65/38
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Printed statement of the aims of the National People's Palaces Association Limited, established by temperance societies to provide refreshment houses for the sale of tea and coffee to workers. Sent with CHAR 2/65/36-38. A typescript copy at CHAR 2/65/40-42.

Dates: May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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