**17 Min**

For Dry January, we talk all things Tee-Total, Temperate and Alcohol-Free.  Lisa Edwards and Katherine Gwyn reflect on what the archive can tell us about our changing relationship with drink, starting with this photo of a very unusual pub.  

We cover Temperance Hotels, the Hartwell House Temperance Festivals, and Buckinghamshire's own alcohol-free hero: Stephen Shirley, who was closely connected to the Band of Hope movement.  

Different Temperance Organisations and Activities that feature in our archive collections:

Order of the Sons of Temperance, High Wycombe Division

North Temperance Hotel, Wendover

Church of England Temperance Society, Upper Winchendon Branch

Peace, Temperance and Bond of Universal Brotherhood Festivals at Hartwell

Temperance Hotel, Winslow

Royal Temperance Hotel, Westminster

Nontox Temperance Ale Manufacturing Company, Aylesbury

Temperance Hotel, Great Western Street, Aylesbury

National British Women's Total Abstinence Union, Princes Risborough

Aylesbury, Wycombe, and Castlethorpe Methodist Circuits

Chesham Temperance Hotel

Chenies Parish

Wendover Congregational Band of Hope

Wolverton Wesleyan Methodist Band of Hope

Castlethorpe Methodist Band of Hope

High Wycombe Congregational Band of Hope

Great Marlow Excelsior Band of Hope

Newport Pagnell Band of Hope

Contact us with questions, thoughts, or other feedback: archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk