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Description: | The Church of England Temperance Society (CETS) was established in 1877, shortly followed by a Lincoln Diocesan Branch of the Society. The Society worked with the Band of Hope movement and ran an annual Festival, among other temperance-related activities. By 1918 the Society operated a network of recreation huts in villages around the county but these were mostly disposed of in 1919. A Young Crusaders Guild was established in 1923 to promote temperance among young people.
The Society also carried out work with offenders. An independent Police Court and Prison Gate Mission Committee was established locally in 1891 to continue this work, and included representation from the Society. In 1924 it was agreed nationally that work with discharged prisoners should be handled by a Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society, while the Police Court Mission work would become the responsibility of the CETS. Accordingly a Police Court Mission Committee was established locally in 1924 to provide advice to young offenders and, following a change in the Law in 1925, it aimed to provide a Probation Officer and Police Court Missionary in every court in the county.
"Lindum Lodge", Sewell Road, Lincoln, was purchased by the Society in 1925 and converted for use as a Remand Home for "Friendless and Homeless Boys", and as a base for the Police Court Mission. The Home was officially opened as the "CETS Boys' Home" by the Bishop of Lincoln on 27 November 1925. The Home was initially managed by the Executive Committee and from December 1928 by a Boys' Home Committee. In 1955 the threat of compulsory purchase of the Home's playing field by the Lincoln County Hospital led to the purchase of "Craiglands", Newark Road, Lincoln, as a replacement Boys' Home. "Lindum Lodge" and the playing field were sold in 1956.
Another property at 205 Yarborough Road was purchased in 1956 as a Girls' Hostel, known as "Wordsworth Hostel". The Home was managed by a Girl's Hostel Committee, on which both the CETS and Lindsey County Council were represented until about 1966, and the County Council appears to have taken sole control after that date.
A new Lincoln Diocesan Council for Social Aid was established in 1966, and Managing Trustees took over responsibility for "Craiglands", with representation from Lindsey County Council. The Home appears to have been transferred to Lincolnshire County Council in 1974. | Temporal: | 1918-1973 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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