Lancaster LNU District Council

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...

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...

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...