Summary In March 1880 an illustrious group of clerics were invited to take part in a meeting titled ‘The Local Option.’ This was a movement calling for local town and city councils to have powers to prohibit the sale and purchase of alcohol. It ended badly. The context for Cambridge is the pioneering work done … Continue reading Cambridge Tories and students smash up a debate on prohibition at The Guildhall – preventing Cardinal Manning from speaking. 1880.
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