League of Nations

Elmslie Girls’ School badge Courtesy of Lancashire Archives, Archive ref: SMBP/16/acc8888/box 2

Elmslie Girls’ School

Interest in international affairs...

Cheadle Hulme School Attribution: User: Timhudsonchs

Cheadle Hulme School

An active League of Nations Union school branch...

The Poultonian 7 (5), Mar 1923 Courtesy of Lancashire Archives, Archive ref: SMPO/ACC10093/23

Baines Endowed Grammar School

Whole school approach to the League of Nations Union ...

Blackburn Girls’ High School Magazine, No 14, Dec 1925 Courtesy of Lancashire Archives, Archive ref: SMBZ/9/acc7536/box 2

Blackburn Girls’ High School

Enthusiasm, apathy and perseverance for the League of Nations Union...

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...