League of Nations

Oddfellows Hall, Garstang, Lancashire Meeting place of the Garstag LNU © Janet Nelson"

Lancaster LNU District: Garstang Branch

Taking the League of Nations Union to the countryside ...

Forton Church Institute and Reading Room, Forton Forton’s public meeting place, founded 1900, now a private house © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU District: Forton Branch

Promoting the League of Nations south of Lancaster...

Galgate village in quieter times

Lancaster LNU District: Meeting at Galgate 1921

Lancaster promoting the League of Nations in the countryside...

War Memorial, Market Street, Carnforth © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU District: Carnforth Branch

Promoting the League of Nations in Carnforth and the surrounding villages...

Victoria Institute, Caton The village meeting place since 1887 © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU District: Caton Sub-Branch

A sub-branch of the Lancaster League of Nations Union?...

Burton-in-Lonsdale Sunday School Meeting place of the Burton-in-Lonsdale LNU, 1935-1939 © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU District: Burton-in-Lonsdale Branch – 1935 Formation

Taking the League of Nations Union to the countryside ...

Arthur Knowles, 1922 Lancaster Guardian

Lancaster LNU: Arthur Knowles 1864-?1931

Labour Party member of the Lancaster League of Nations Union...

Town Hall, High Bentham © Janet Nelson

Bentham Branch of the League of Nations Union

Taking the League of Nations Union to the countryside ...

Arnside Educational Institute, still in use today © Janet Nelson

Arnside Branch of the League of Nations Union

Promoting the League of Nations in south-west Westmorland...

High Street Congregational Church (now URC), Lancaster George Wright’s Christian faith would have been an important factor in his belief in the League of Nations © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Alderman George Wright 1850-1927

‘A strenuous advocate of the Lancaster League of Nations Union’: Chairman, Lancaster LNU, 1924-25...