Posted by Ian on February 02, 2002 at 16:39:06 from 213.122.64.6:
In Reply to: Re: Drinking Beer posted by Dave Thewlis on February 02, 2002 at 10:50:13:
hmmmm guess where the Blackett's made their money ;-) ......
Principal Inhabitants Of Cumberland And Westmoreland 1829
BLACKETT & Co brewers/maltsters; Anthony WRIGHT partner Alston
and why there's never a mention of them being church attenders ....
From Ambleside Parish Magazine, November 1881
Extract from the vicar's monthly letter.
"My Dear Friends,
I find I am called upon to address you again, as you are still without a Pastor. I trust, however, the time is drawing near when you will have your own Minister to counsel and advise you.
The Temperance Meeting in connection with your branch of the Church of England Temperance Society was not such a success as I thought it would have been. The attendance was only small. I am sorry for this, as I had hoped the interest your late Pastor took in the cause would have induced many to come, and help forward a work which needs all the energy and zeal we can give to it. The amount of drink consumed in the country is so enormous, and the crime caused by it so fearful, that every effort should be made, by all who love their God and country, to stop it. I ask you each one to think over this subject and see if you cannot do something to further the cause of Temperance in your own immediate neighbourhood and in the country at large. Your affectionate Friend,
HENRY S. CALLENDER.
November 1881"