Earlier, in 1812, his wife published the first vegetarian cookery book. Although there were many vegetarians, until the mid-l9th century there was still no formal organisation to represent them. On the 30 September 1847, at a vegetarian hospital called Northwood Villa in Ramsgate, Kent The Vegetarian Society was born. The name was the result of a unanimously passed resolution. The following year, at the Society's first annual meeting in Manchester, the fledgling organisation could boast 478 members, with 232 attending the post-AGM dinner.
Related words are vigil , vigour , and even wake .
The problem is, I do not remember the real name of the place. We do, in fact, know the name of this place. You might recall our note in a previous issue that the character Uther Pendragon, supposed father of King Arthur, may have arisen as a misinterpretation of Old Welsh pen . See Issue 108 . Instead, ASK US .