Catalogue description Richards, Mrs Alice

Daughter of Mrs Schofield-Coates (qv). Her mother's domestic skills. Her upbringing of her children. Her attitude to Mrs R's divorce. Mrs R's pride in her mother and admiration for her. Mrs Schofield-Coates's relationship with her husband. Servants in the house. Her prominence in local public affairs. Her affection for animals. How she looked after Mrs R as a child when ill. Mrs Schofield-Coates's early years. Her attitude to social class. Her looks. Her singing voice. How the family coped with financial misfortune between the wars. Mrs Schofield-Coates's work for the NUWT in later life. Her enthusiasm for birthdays. Her assumption that people would wait on her. Family festivals at Christmas. Her daily routine. Her hypochondria. Mrs Coates-Hansen and the nature of her marriage. The Coates-Hansens' response to Mrs Schofield-Coates' financial difficulties. Mr Schofield-Coates's depression at his financial failure. Mrs Schofield-Coates's behaviour when in an old people's home. Her attitude to her daughter Marion (Johnson - see tape 12). Relationship between the two daughters. Personality of Mr Schofield-Coates. Mrs S-C's vegetarianism, and her connexion with a Middlesbrough health food restaurant. Family sports. The Minerva Club. Lilian Lenton's organising work for the Women's Freedom League. Her attitude to cosmetics contrasts with Mrs Schofield-Coates's. How Miss L took her daughter to Rothesay to help promote the Women's Freedom League. Lilian Lenton's attitude to men. Her decrepitude in old age. Mrs S-C's contrasting attitude to old age. Her friendship with Lilian Lenton. Her attitude to her son Peter and his way of living. (Continues onto tape 53).