| Description | This album contains a series of black and white photographs mounted on thick black card taken during the Royal Visit to Bournville by King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953). The photographs also feature George Cadbury (1839-1922), Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury (1858-1951) and crowds of Bournville residents, employees and other people who were invited to participate in or watch proceedings during the King's visit to Bournville.
The following list provides a brief description of each of the photographs in the order in which they have been compiled in the album:
Photograph showing King George V and Queen Mary speaking to George Cadbury. Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury is obscured behind her husband in this photograph. A man in elaborate ceremonial dress can be seen standing to the left of King George V.
Photograph showing King George V and Queen Mary speaking to George and Elizabeth Cadbury. A number of people in military uniform and ceremonial dress can be seen standing around the group.
Photograph showing George Cadbury, Queen Mary, King George V and Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury standing around a lectern. King George can be seen writing on a document, possibly signing the Bournville Visitor's Book (1901-1951).
Photograph showing King George V shaking hands with a man in military dress. Queen Mary, George Cadbury and other men wearing Naval uniforms and ceremonial dress can also be seen in the photograph.
Photograph showing a huge crowd of female Cadbury employees, many in their white factory uniforms, greeting King George V and Queen Mary as they walked through Bournville. Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury can be seen on the left of the image next to Queen Mary, talking to a man in military uniform. The photograph may have been taken on the Village Green or Cadbury Recreation Ground in Bournville.
Photograph showing George Cadbury, King George and Queen Mary accompanied by a man in elaborate ceremonial dress. Queen Mary can be seen shaking hands with a young female Cadbury employee. Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury is standing to the right of Queen Mary in this image, obscured behind the young Cadbury employee.
Photograph showing Queen Mary and George Cadbury greeting onlookers outside the Elms Houses (the Quadrangle) in Bournville.
Photograph showing King George V, Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury and others taken during a parade held in Bournville which was led by the royal party. The gentleman standing to the right of Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury is John Henry Barlow. Barlow was the husband of Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's cousin Mabel Goodall Cash and served as Secretary of the Bournville Village Trust during the early twentieth century. Queen Mary's parasol can be seen behind King George V. The Queen is followed by Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's husband George Cadbury. Large groups of children can be seen lining the road, some of which appear to be dressed in the uniform of the Boy Scouts.
Copies of many of these photographs are contained within Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury and George Cadbury's personal photographic collections. |