Women’s Co-operative Guild

Lancaster Royal Grammar School

Topical debates on international issues...

International Guiding Between the Wars

Girl Guides building bridges...

Cromwell Hall, Rosemary Lane, Lancaster The PSA Brotherhood, who originally met here, were the first group to become ‘corporate’ members of Lancaster LNU © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Corporate Membership

Nonconformists dominate the Lancaster ‘corporate members’...

The Peace Pledge Union took over the production of the white poppy in 1936

History of the White Poppy

A symbol for peace...

The Peace Pledge Union took over the production of the white poppy in 1936

Alternative Remembrance Day 1938

White poppies laid at the Cenotaph...

Selina Cooper (centre), Women Against War and Fascism delegation to Munich, Oct 1934 Courtesy of Lancashire Archives, Archive ref: DDX1137 5/120

Selina Cooper (1864-1946)

Trade unionist, socialist, suffragist, peace campaigner ...

The Peace Pledge Union took over the production of the white poppy in 1936

Women’s Co-operative Guild

The formation of the Guild in 1883 and a brief history...