Map of British drunks
A new book shows how Victorian ‘drink maps’ fought rampant alcohol consumption, from London to Edinburgh.
By Kris Butler
Books
Children,
This is the story of drink maps.
It’s not about pub crawls or plotted ale trails. Instead, these are maps with an agenda that was hostile to drinking alcohol, made by the Temperance Movement.
The logic at the time of the maps’ creation...
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