Updated – Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the harvest and of the preceding year. In 2016 Thanksgiving Day is on Thursday 24 November. At the Ernest Bell Library, we choose not to celebrate Thanksgiving Day ourselves – in respect … [Read more…]
So who exactly were Jessey Wade & Ernest Bell ? Why have they dropped from the memories of most of today’s animal lovers? About Jessey Wade’s personal life we have discovered very little; we do know that Jessey was working for animals / fighting for animals from the mid-1890s onward. We have records of her dynamic pro-animal activities for … [Read more…]
This is one of the earliest vegetarian children’s stories in English that we have discovered. George Bedborough’s thinking is delightful. I particularly love his reflections on militancy. ! Please remember that this story was written more than 100 years ago – just pre-WWI – it is ‘pre-factory farming’ & does not go ‘all the way to vegan’. … [Read more…]
Note – I use the word ‘vegan’ in my historical ramblings to refer to folks who ate only plants – ……but please remember that the word ‘vegan’ itself was not used until 88+ years ago – in 1944. Pioneer Vegan William Horsell, London, c.1857 (1) Vegan London We are a part of an old tradition! … [Read more…]
From – Life in the Open – a 1919 book. “Eggs were meant to produce chickens and not omelettes; and cow’s milk is a perfect food for a calf, but most assuredly not for a grown-up human being“. The Vegetarian Messenger & Health Review, p. 237 – Dugald Semple – 1912. In our Ernest Bell Library, one … [Read more…]
Updated – Mon Oct 13, 2014 The Humanitarian League’s team has had a busy year – promoting veganism, opposing vivisection & planting many trees. During the past 12 months The Ernest Bell Library has been given / has purchased more that 200 of the items on our main ‘Search List’ & has ‘found’ another 300+ items previously … [Read more…]