No alchohol here!

[cuthie]

One of my friends and I signed "the Pledge" when we were about 12 or 13 I imagine or perhaps even younger..  We came out of Sunday School at our local Methodist Church feeling quite pleased with ourselves.  However, my Mother was a bit upset that we may have signed something that we really didn't understand and had got a bit carried away not realising the significance of it.

We lived in a big town then with plenty pubs and it was not unusual to see men who were drunk either on the street or trams, buses and I think we wanted to ensure we'd never be in this state.   

Cuthie