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fromianVisits
22 hours ago

Billiards without Beer: The time London tried to cure itself of the booze

Nearly a third of England's temperance halls once stood in London, reflecting Victorian drinking habits and the movement's large-scale response.
fromVulture
3 months ago

House of Guinness Series-Premiere Recap: First Round

Not one mob but two awaits him as his casket rolls out of the factory gates. On one side are evangelistic followers of the Temperance movement, whose objections to the Guinness family don't really need to be explained. On the other hand, there's the Fenians, the unruliest of the factions pushing for Irish independence from Great Britain. Sure, Benjamin Guinness might have made great beer, but he was also a unionist and a Protestant.
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