[2] Brooks signed the abstinence pledge at eight years of age, but while still a young girl had followed the advice of her physician and taken medicine compounded with alcohol as was prescribed in those days.
[2][1] In the summer of 1897, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks held a garden party at their home "Duvals", Grays, for temperance workers and Friends which included a meeting, under the presidency of the host, at which, as far as possible, a representative from each centre was invited to speak.
[5] Mr. and Mrs. Brooks, in association with a few Friends, were instrumental in starting a coffee-tavern at Grays, which proved a great boon to the people who needed it most as a welcome substitute for the pub.
Their first-hand observations on the habits of the people, and the relation between poverty and drink in these foreign lands contributed much to the informing character of the addresses delivered by them before various bodies.
[10] Lucy Ann Brooks died in March 1926, leaving effects worth just over £15,000 to her sons Herbert, Alfred and Howard.