Hundreds of halls were built as alcohol-free spaces, yet their past is now forgotten, says author.

A study looking at buildings left behind by the movement found examples in Devon and Cornwall.

Millions of people trying to cut out alcohol for Dry January may not realise they are following in the footsteps of a 19th Century social movement that began in the mills of West Yorkshire. Starting ...

So what’s the first thing Aunt Ada does to ruffle Aunt Agnes’s feathers? She hosts a temperance fundraiser in the house. The temperance movement, of course, fought for alcohol to be outlawed from ...

Academics ague the temperance movements paved the way for sobriety trends like Dry January.

But these booze-free billiard venues, meeting rooms and music halls built in the 19th Century by those championing sobriety ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study has been published in a book exploring the architectural legacy of the Temperance movement. Temperance was a 19th ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of people give up alcohol every January, but in the 1830s temperance created a "parallel existence" for non drinkers ...