Catalogue description Richley, Mrs Ursula and Mr Noel

Alice Franklin (her aunt) and her unhappy early life. Her practical outlook. Her dislike of her father. Her tendency to have favourites among her nieces. Her relations with Ellis Franklin. Rivalry with her sister Mamie. Relationship with Mrs Horton (qv). Alice's good sense of humour. Nature of her partnership with Mrs Horton. Her enthusiasm for gadgets in later life. Her lively mind. Her addiction to cigarettes. Her clothes and general appearance. Margaret Purvis. Her foreign tours. Alice's thoughtful presents for her nieces. Her affection for Rosalind, her niece. Furniture in her flat. Her agnosticism. Her strong likes and dislikes in personal relations. Her breadth of knowledge and reading. Her interest in younger people. Alice's father and his selfish treatment of her mother. Financial arrangements within the Franklin family. Her needlework. Her interest in maps. Her dependability in a family crisis. Hugh Franklin also rebelled against his father. His wife, and his response to her death. His second wife. His career subsequently. Alice Franklin's feminism within the family. Involvement of Alice's mother in Bucks with the local Women's Institute. Alice methodical with paperwork. Businesslike without being aggressively masculine. (Continues onto tape 67).