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No, Keith!!!



GT

Well I'm not good at English towns but I'd hazard a guess that the town is in the north of England as 1832 was a momentous time in Lancashire and Manchester

I know that a brilliant orator known as the 'The King of factory children', one Richard Oastler gave forth on a day in 1832 in Manchester to a crowd of thousands as Manchester ground to a halt to listen to him. The reason I mention this is that it would seem a perfect time for some wowser to set up shop on a soapbox and extol the evils of grog.

I know the North has a lot of towns but I only know a few like Bolton (have a friend there) and Liverpool and Bradford as well as Blackburn coz I used to live on Blackburn Road Melbourne which eventually runs into Preston road and Prahan road and Box Hill road and St Kilda road blah blah blah. No one could think of original names I guess or they were homesick.
'Gee whiz this bit of Australian bush reminds me of Blackburn, lets call the mud track here Blackburn road'

What about James Livesey - didn't he start a trend of signing an Abstinence Pledge about that time?

It was a follower of Livesey who coined the term Teetotal (can't remember his name though)

Post 42 Keith..

Not Richard Oastler. His name does not appear in my sheets of info!

However, you have mentioned the town, but not directly!!

I'll give you +1 for getting there. State the town directly for full points!!

Post 43 Feisor..

I cannot be cruel!!!!

Not James Livesey, but Joseph Livesey...

He introduced the idea, and coined the term 'T-Totallism' referring to total abstainance from alcohol, thus my tenuous link to 'tea'!!!

You have got +3 for that, Feisor!!!


Where???

That is the final question......



GT

Thanks GT - at least the little grey cells got it half right

'F'


GT


Now where was (is) he???

Ah ha, not indirectly you say, then that leaves out Manchester and bolton etc it's one of the roads.
Cant be St Kilda coz thats somewhere else apart from the north isn't it and Box Hill sounds like a southern place.
I'm going for Blackburn, umm, or.
I hate this kinda guesswork

My intro has been pulled by the PTB......

So I can say that we both come from the same place....



GT

Preston or Prahran, hmm, I'll go for Preston coz I'm not sure Prahran is an English name, looks a bit sub-continental to me.

OK.... Keith!!

It is Preston!

Joseph Livesey founded the Tee Totalism, or Temperance movement in Preston in 1832.

QI - Eat, Drink and be Merry!!

Who wanted to spoil the party???

Joseph Livesey with his Temperance Movement in 1832....

Scores to follow!!!

Well done all who took part!!!


GT

Thanks GT, but I only used Taff's idea of a process of elimination and last man standing.
Someone must of been homesick for the North if those street names are anything to go by as around the corner from me was Leeds Rd and Headingley Rd was my childhood address.