Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain: Beyond the Spectre of the Drunkard

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Kristin completed her MSc in Health History at the University of Strathclyde and has been awarded the Wellcome Trust Doctoral Studentship award for her PhD on the history of contraception and abortion in Scotland c.1960 - 2000. She has an interest in the history of sex and medicine, pharmacy, psychiatry and oral history. Her thesis will consider the ways in which society, culture and medicine have shaped access to and attitudes towards contraception and abortion in Scotland during the second half of the twentieth century. Through the use of oral history, this project will uncover how women navigated the often-complicated world of reproductive healthcare in a new, medical age and explore how it impacted their lives. It will examine the shifting nature of the patient-practitioner relationship during this time, and the experiences of women who sought access to reproductive health facilities in Scotland.” Rachel Hewitt They were signed up on three-year contracts, which included photoshoots, promotional work and football events. Georgia received an undergraduate degree from Queen's University Belfast in English and Linguistics, then went on to graduate with an MLitt in Twentieth Century British and Irish History from the University of Dundee in 2016, where their dissertation looked at the role of co-operatives in Irish society. They are now researching the history of vasectomy in Britain in Research Excellence Award funded project with the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare. This research intends to use oral history, media archives, and other sources to detail the rising popularity of vasectomy in Britain, as well as to examine the relationship between male contraceptive choices and masculinities.

With the armed forces accounting for a large portion of Tennent’s drinkers, Ann featured in more risqué, sexually suggestive poses on cans being sold abroad.As many doctors still prescribed alcohol, it fell to the medical profession to investigate its role in the treatment of illness and disease. Between 1880 and 1914 there were articles in The British Medical Journal and The Lancet that investigated the use of alcohol in medical practice. Some of these articles provided chemical analyses of various alcoholic drinks because it was considered important that doctors were informed of the best types and quality of wines and spirits to prescribe to patients. Following the reduction in duties on imported wines from France, two articles appeared in The Lancet in June and July 1880. The articles were titled ‘The Lancet Commission on the Medical Use of Wines’ and each instalment dealt with different varieties of French wines. The first article in June 1880 stated

A rally in Glasgow will be held tomorrow (19 September) in support of Scottish university and college workers on strike in disputes over pay. While the Stout tins can still be found on shelves to this day, Tennent’s ditched their ‘Lager Lovelies’ as we came into the ‘90s. With public opinions beginning to change, and as the brand entered their twelfth generation of women, the plug was pulled on the campaign in 1991. Demonstrate independence of mind and initiative, intellectual integrity and maturity, and an ability to evaluate the work of others, including peers. Tennent's launched a new can series roughly every three years with new models on the cans. There was a considerable difference between the photographs used on the British cans and those sold abroad. Through her research she discovered that although the models were often covered up on the front of cans for the home market, those sold to British servicemen stationed abroad showed a very different side to the cans.

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de Certeau M. 2003. ‘The Practice of Everyday Life’, in (eds.) Clarke D. B., Doel M., and Housiaux K. The Consumption Reader: London: Routledge: pp. 259–267. Berridge V. 2013. Demons: Our Changing Attitudes to Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Briggs A. 1985. Wine For Sale: Victoria Wine and the Liquor Trade 1860–1984: London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. Weir R. B. 1984. ‘Obsessed with Moderation: The Drink Trades and the Drink Question 1870–1930’: British Journal of Addiction: Volume 79: pp. 93–107. Tributes have been pouring in for the original ‘Lager Lovely’ since her death at the age of 84 in September. The London born actress became synonymous with Sweetheart Stout in 1958, when her picture was used on the side of their cans and bottles.Iain earned his doctorate in Health History from the University of Strathclyde. Funded by the Wellcome Trust, he wrote the first medical history of acne. His thesis focussed particularly on the post war period when the escalating cultural and economic significance of adoescence made spotty skin a marketing opportunity for pharmaceutical companies, a professional opportunity for dermatologists and an issue that spurred popular debate about the causes of and treatments for acne. Prior to this, he completed his undergraduate studies at the University of St Andrews before moving on to a masters degree at the University of Glasgow. His main research interests are disease history and bioethics. June Lake, now 59, features on the lager cans between 1986 and 1988. She told the Daily Express : “Everyone was in awe of Venetia Stevenson because she was really the first lager lovely.

Around 100 members across four colleges have also walked out in a separate dispute over pay. Workers in Ayrshire College, Dumfries and Galloway College, and West College Scotland are striking on varying days this week (see notes to editor). New College Lanarkshire members took strike action on 7 and 11 September. In September 2017, Rachel completed an internship with Glasgow Centre for Population Health and What Works Scotland, co-authoring research on basic income and the future of social protection.The publicity stunt paved the way for the famous Tennent’s Lager Lovelies of the following decades, a trend which would likely not fly in today's world. Glossy images of various women adorned the sides of Tennent’s cans, which unsurprisingly turned out to bring incredible success at the time.