THE ARDENT SNOWDEN
The day when Viscount Snowden, at the age of ten, got a vicar out of his bath to provide a total 'abstinence pledge form, is recalled by Mr. John A. Whitakei-,: of Bradford, who celebrated the golden anniversary, of his wedding recently. As'- "a' boy Mr. Whitaker lived in Cowling, the. West Riding border village where Viscount Snowden \vas' born. The two, who were close friends and ardent teetotallers, determined one evening to sign the pledge as soon as possible. At eight o'clock the next morning they went to the home of the'Rev..George Baildon, Vicar of Cowling. There they were told that the vicar was having a bath, and that they would have to call again. Mr. Whitaker said that he himself would have done so but the future Chancellor of the Exchequer persisted in his request In the end the vicar' had to leave his bath and give him. the form. . Lord £jnowden. yvhen reminded of the occasion, said: "I remember the'incident, though some of the details, escape me. Mr. Whita-ker-and. I. are,-related. 'We were lads together, and were very good friends. I have, kept in.touch with, him' since, but I didn't knoyv about his-golden wedding!"'" ■■• :■" * '.'. , /
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 119, 16 November 1936, Page 3
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200THE ARDENT SNOWDEN Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 119, 16 November 1936, Page 3
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