Victorian Bournemouth (231) has explored the fortunes of the resort’s CEWMU during the 1890s. It finds a group that prospered. It supported a variety of cultural activities and meeting points where the religious message perhaps acted at most as an undertow. Members found opportunities for social and cultural experiences. They could also read a newsletter. Crumpler’s support, energy, and direction stimulated the spread of similar groups across the suburbs.
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Victorian Bournemouth (132): brewster courts (1870s)
Spirited opposition Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (132) analyses attitudes towards increasing the resort’s licensed establishments during the 1870s. Before 1869, a trader might obtain a licence to sell alcohol by paying a fee to the local excise officer. Thereafter, magistrates, sitting in session, controlled the supply of such licences. Their annual ‘brewster courts’ provided good copy […]