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Ref No	MS 466/1/1/10/1/36
Finding Number	MS 466/152/130
Title	Typescript of 'A Municipal Grandmother' by Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury
Level	Item
Date	[c. 1948]
Description	Taylor Cadbury begins this address by remarking on her travels to the French coast, commenting that she had been 'amused and somewhat exasperated at the paternal care exercised over its citizens by the civic authorities'. Taylor Cadbury's address features amusing anecdotes about her attempts to purchase gooseberries, a policeman apprehending a man because his dog was not wearing a collar and restrictions imposed on her family's travelling plans, illustrating the 'extreme' bureaucracy of French municipal government.
Extent	1
Format	Item
Access Status	Open
AdminHistory	The opening paragraphs of this address are very similar to a section of Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's reminiscences written between 1948 and 1949 in which she considers her interest in writing.
Language	English

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