Author: Janet Nelson

Rev. (later Bishop) Benjamin Pollard, Lancaster LNU’s third President

Lancaster LNU: Branch Structure – Presidents

Some ‘hands-on’ Lancaster LNU Presidents...

Most of Lancaster LNU’s AGMs were held at Lancaster Town Hall © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Branch Structure – Vice-Presidents

Prestigious names’ helping the League of Nations cause in the Lancaster area...

Most of Lancaster LNU’s AGMs were held at Lancaster Town Hall © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Structure – Committee Structure

A well-structured, mostly middle-class organisation...

Burton-in-Lonsdale Sunday School Meeting place of the Burton-in-Lonsdale LNU, 1935-1939 © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Branch Structure – Executive Committee

Active workers for international peace...

Rev J. U. N. Bardsley, Vicar of Lancaster: a dedicated League of Nations advocate Lancaster Guardian 14 Jul 1928

Lancaster LNU: Branch Structure – Chairmen

Leading the Lancaster LNU in Lancaster...

Most of Lancaster LNU’s AGMs were held at Lancaster Town Hall © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Membership Numbers

Counting membership of the local League of Nations Union...

Receipt for proportion of subscriptions from the League of Nations Union, 10 Mar 1938, received from Burton-in-Lonsdale Branch Courtesy of Dr G. Price

Lancaster LNU: Branch Structure – Secretaries, Treasurer and Subscription collectors

Vital roles in the League of Nations Union branches...

Trades Hall, Fenton Street, Lancaster, premises of the LTLC from 1908 © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Corporate Membership – Lancaster Trades and Labour Council

Lancaster Trades and Labour Council comes on board by 1932...

Sulyard Street Wesleyan Methodist Church, Lancaster The largest of the Methodist churches to become a Lancaster LNU corporate member by 1928 © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Corporate Membership – Methodist Churches

Lancaster Methodists supporting the League of Nations...

St. Anne’s Church of England Church, Lancaster (now Dukes Playhouse) The only C. of E. parochial church council to become a corporate member of Lancaster LNU by2 © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Corporate Membership – St. Anne’s Parochial Council (C. of E.)

A Church of England Parochial Church Council supporting the League of Nations...