[Judith Addison]

The Coffee and Bun was certainly not for counteracting a hangover! At John Street Christian Institute we were completely teetotal. The late Minister's widow, Mrs. Harrison, used to tell people not to eat wine gums because she thought they contained wine! I went to the Band of Hope every Monday night for years. My Dad used to play the piano there. We used to sing choruses, have Bible stories, etc. The best behaved child got a "good behaviour prize". We were also very into the Lord's Day Observance Society, the junior branch of which was the Young Life Guards - you had to sign something promising "not to buy or sell or cause any unnecessary labour on the Lord's Day" - this meant things like buying a Sunday paper or paying a bus fare, unless it was to travel to church of course! Don't know what all these people would think if they could come back now - supermarkets open Sundays, etc. They'd turn in their grave!