| Description | This list provides details of the people who sent presents to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury on her ninetieth birthday and the type of gifts which they sent. The list is three pages long and includes references to presents received from both family and friends.
Entries include three garden seats purchased for Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury by her five daughters and daughters-in-law for the Manor House and her house Winds Point in Malvern. Presents were also sent to Taylor Cadbury by the Bournville Meeting Children's Morning Class who gave her a scrap book, and by people associated with the Woodlands Hospital who sent her photographs, flowers and a rock garden. Many people bought flowers for Taylor Cadbury, such as staff at the Beeches. The Birmingham Division of the Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) sent Taylor Cadbury a copy of the New Testament in English and Elizabeth's great-grandchildren purchased a music box for her. Many food parcels were also sent to Taylor Cadbury and a chocolate cake was presented to her along with a bouquet of sweet peas by staff at the Cadbury factory in Bournville. Other more unsual gifts included a pencil sharpener and a quantity of canned cooked ham. |