Temperance
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Reasons behind the growth of a temperance movement in 19th century Wales.
Exploration of causes behind heavy drinking in the 19th century - iron workers' thirst due to the hard manual labour involved and an unsafe water supply. Description of the ensuing campaign for total abstinence from alcohol.
From:
Bread of Heaven A Non Conformist People
First broadcast
:
07 December 2004
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 11-14
Subject : History
Topic : Industrial Wales and Britain
Keywords : Chapels, Iron industry, Temperance movement, Blaenavon,History of religion
Notes : Can use to study Blaenafon history, or the iron industry, or the temperance movement. Why, in Wales more than almost anywhere else did temperance become such an issue? Also can study Blaenafon as a World Heritage Site
