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MS 466 - Cadbury Collection - 16th cent. - 20th cent.
1 - Family papers - 1727 - 1977
1 - Papers relating to Dame Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury (1858-1951) - 1842 - 1960
10 - Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's public addresses, broadcasts, reminiscences, publications and related correspondence - 1885 - 1958
1 - Public Addresses - 1890 - 1949
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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