League of Nations Union

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 ...

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

Lancaster LNU: Summer Social Events

Garden Meetings’...

Maude Royden, spoke at Bristol Peacemakers’ Pilgrimage 1926

Lancaster LNU: Peacemakers’ Pilgrimage 1921 (cancelled)

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

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...

Front page advertisment for the Lancaster LNU 1927 Armistice Night meeting Lancaster Guardian, 12 Nov 1927

Lancaster LNU: Armistice Meetings

Promoting the League but not forgetting the Fallen...

The Lancaster No More War demonstration was reported in the national LNU magazine Headway, Nov 1924. p.219. Archive ref: JX1975.A1, LSE Library

Lancaster LNU: No More War Demonstrations

Supporting the No More War Movement in Lancaster 1922-4...

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

Lancaster LNU: Annual General Meetings (AGMs)

Looking back and looking forward...