- Title:
- Band of Hope Banner
- Object name(s):
- banner
- Brief description:
- The Hackney & East Middlesex Band of Hope Union Temperance Banner. The Band of Hope was a temperance organisation founded in 1847. All members signed the Pledge which was a promise never to drink alcohol. They were taught the ‘evils of drink’. Banners like these were carried at processions organised by local societies. The Hackney and East Middlesex branch was founded in 1880. The donor and family were members. Hackney.
- Collection:
- Hackney Museum
- Associated organisation:
- Band of Hope
- Associated place:
- Hackney
- Inscription content:
- WATER IS BEST
- Object name:
- banner
- Object number:
- 2009.51
- Object production date:
- 1900
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e1b20f5d-dbbd-32b0-be7c-a8b995b5112b
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e1b20f5d-dbbd-32b0-be7c-a8b995b5112b, Hackney Museum, CC BY-NC
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