Did the temperance society have tea total pubs some of which were called “the perseverance”?
Despite the preceding answers, I can confirm that the Temperance movement opened many hotels and pubs that did not sell alcoholic liquor. There certainly were, within my lifetime, many hotels called ‘Temperance Hotel’, although I’m not sure about ‘The Perseverance’, all over the country. My father, who was teetotal and travelled during his work, would stay in such for preference is one was available.There is one temperance pub left which was featured on the TV some while ago, but I’m sorry I cannot remember its name or where it’s situate, although I think it is somewhere in the northwest of England.
