| Description | In this address, commemorating fifty years since her foundation of the Birmingham Union of Girls' Clubs, Taylor Cadbury provides a detailed history of the Girls' Club Movement and remarks on its future work. She begins her address by noting that Birmingham had been among the first city 'to grasp the opportunity' of co-ordinating clubs for girls. Describing her role in the foundation and early development of the Union, Taylor Cadbury remarks on the growth of the National Council of Girls' Clubs.
Taylor Cadbury refers briefly to the Civic Recreation League, focussing on how she 'came to the rescue' of the Union following the dissolution of the League and considering the Union's subsequent development alongside the Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) during the 1920s. Taylor Cadbury also remarks on the foundation of the National Association of Girls' Clubs and Mixed Clubs in 1935 and the important work undertaken by her daughter-in-law Joyce Cadbury in connection with the Birmingham Association of Girls' Clubs and Mixed Clubs. In addition, Taylor Cadbury provides an overview of the Association's activities, remarking on a pageant called 'Keeping Fit Throughout the Ages' which was held in Birmingham's Central Hall in March 1939. She also refers to the opening of Windmill House in Weatheroak, an extension of the Bournville Estate, in 1943 which was founded by the Association as a holiday home. Taylor Cadbury comments on the organisation of festivals, study weekends, training courses and sports at the home. She concludes her address with a quotation from a speech delivered by Joyce Cadbury marking the fiftieth anniversary, remarking on her hopes for the future development of the Association.
This typescript includes two copies of this address which are attached together. The first copy features pencil annotations, suggesting that the second copy is the final version of the address. |