Author: Janet Nelson

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

Lancaster LNU: Rev. J. U. N. Bardsley, Vicar of Lancaster 1869-1928

Lancaster’s leading Church of England cleric supporting the League of Nations...

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

Lancaster LNU: Local and Regional Speakers

Using local talent to promote the League...

Lord Cecil, a ‘big name’ who visited Lancaster, 1933

Lancaster LNU: ‘Big-name’ Speakers

Inviting famous speakers to Lancaster...

League of Nations Rally, Quernmore Park, 1933 Lancaster Guardian, 25 Aug 1933

Lancaster LNU: Quernmore Park Rally 1933

800 people listen to Lord Cecil ...

Cockersands Abbey, an interesting venue for a Lancaster LNU meeting in 1924 © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Summer Social Outing to Cockersands Abbey 1922

Adding the League of Nations to an archaeological visit ...

Bowerham Road, Lancaster, venue for Lancaster LNU garden parties in 1927 and 1928 © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Summer Social Events

Garden Meetings’...

St. Mary’s Parish Church (the ‘Priory Church,’ Lancaster), where Rev. Bardsley, Lancaster LNU Chairman, gave a forceful sermon about international peace © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Peacemakers’ Pilgrimage 1926

Helping to make the Peacemakers’ Pilgrimage a success in Lancaster ...

Maude Royden, spoke at Bristol Peacemakers’ Pilgrimage 1926

Lancaster LNU: Peacemakers’ Pilgrimage 1921 (cancelled)

Organising the programme in Lancaster for the Peace Pilgrims...

Ashton Hall, Lancaster, where the inaugural meeting of Lancaster LNU took place in October 1920 © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Inaugural Meeting, October 1920

Oswald Mosley speaks at the first meeting of the Lancaster branch of the League of Nations Union...

Professor Gilbert Murray, Chairman of the League of Nations Union, who spoke to Lancaster LNU in March 1926

Lancaster LNU: Professor Gilbert Murray’s lecture, March 1926

The League of Nations Union Chairman visits Lancaster...