| Description | The report featured in this newscutting describes Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's ninetieth birthday celebrations, referring to her 'vigour and alertness' and 'long and impressive record in public life'. The article describes the events and activities which took place to celebrate Taylor Cadbury's, noting that 'one of her relatives, at a loss to know what to give her, wrote in a tribute to her amazing vitality and youthful outlook that a helicopter might be most suitable.' The writer remarks on the gift of two royal swans given to Taylor Cadbury by one of her daughters.
The report also acknowledges the many gifts which Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury received from hospitals and nursing organisations which she had supported through her philanthropic work. The article concludes with reference to the speech which Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury had delivered at her family birthday party when she had 'announced her firm intention to live to be 120.' The writer suggests that Taylor Cadbury's decision to attend a meeting at the Birmingham United Hospitals that evening 'typified' her 'untiring love for good works and her incredible energy.'
The newscutting includes a photograph of Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury and her eldest son Laurence Cadbury cutting her three-tier birthday cake surrounded by Taylor Cadbury's grandchildren and great-grandchildren. |