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    MC:P2/7/1N Newspaper cuttings on Cheltenham affairs

    MC:P2/7/1N/1                                                                          16 Jan 1962–21 Jan 1963
    Envelope containing press-cuttings concerning, firstly the controversy surrounding Dodds-Parker’s selection as Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Cheltenham, his appointment as Chairman of the Conservative Commonwealth Council, and speeches given by him in Cheltenham. The papers from which the articles are taken are the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Times, the Daily Express, The Times, the Sunday Express and the Gloucestershire Echo [19 items].

    MC:P2/7/1N/2                                                                                               25 Jun 1962
    Photostat from an unnamed journal reporting Dodds-Parker’s selection as PPC for Cheltenham.

    MC:P2/7/1N/3                                                                                               10 Oct 1964
    Copy of the Gloucestershire Echo, containing an article about Dodds-Parker.

    MC:P2/7/1N/4                                                                                               16 Oct 1964
    Copy of the Gloucestershire Echo, with news of Dodds-Parker’s election as MP for Cheltenham.

    MC:P2/7/1N/5                                                                                            Sep–Oct 1964
    Bundle of 10 press cuttings, all from the Gloucestershire Echo, concerning Dodds-Parker’s campaign in the 1964 General Election.

    MC:P2/7/1N/6                                                                                               17 Oct 1964
    Cutting from the Gloucestershire Echo, with a photograph and article concerning a dinner of the Cheltenham branch of the Grenadier Guards Comrades’ Association, which Dodds-Parker attended.

    MC:P2/7/1N/7                                                                                              12 Nov 1964
    Copy of the Gloucestershire Echo, including an interview with Dodds-Parker.

    MC:P2/7/1N/8                                                                                              16 Nov 1964
    Copy of the Gloucestershire Echo, containing a report of a speech by Dodds-Parker.

    MC:P2/7/1N/9                                                                                              17 Nov 1964
    Copy of the Gloucestershire Echo, containing an article about Douglas and Aileen Dodds-Parker.

    MC:P2/7/1N/10                                                                                            19 Nov 1964
    Copy of the Gloucestershire Echo, containing an article about Dodds-Parker’s appointment as Vice-Chairman of the Conservative MPs’ Foreign Affairs Committee.

    MC:P2/7/1N/11                                                                                               7 Dec 1964
    Copy of the Gloucestershire Echo, containing a report of a speech by Dodds-Parker at a meeting of the Lansdown Ward Conservatives.

    MC:P2/7/1N/12                                                                                               2 Feb 1965
    Copy of the Gloucestershire Echo, containing a letter from Dodds-Parker on industrial policy.

    MC:P2/7/1N/13                                                                                             30 Mar 1966
    Cutting from the Gloucestershire Echo with a photograph of Dodds-Parker canvassing for votes in the General Election.

    MC:P2/7/1N/14                                                                                               1 Apr 1966
    Cutting from the Western Daily Press reporting the result of the 1966 General Election (in which Dodds-Parker retained Cheltenham, and in which his was the first result to be announced).

    MC:P2/7/1N/15                                                                                                       1960s
    Cutting from the Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic containing an article about Douglas and Aileen Dodds-Parker’s life at home.

    MC:P2/7/1N/16                                                                                             13 Oct 1967
    Cutting from the Gloucestershire Echo reporting the election of Aileen Dodds-Parker to the National Council of Voluntary Service Overseas.

    MC:P2/7/1N/17                                                                                             14 Jun 1968
    Cutting from The Gloucestershire Echo concerning Dodds-Parker’s thoughts on a possible written constitution for Britain.

    MC:P2/7/1N/18                                                                                            21 Aug 1968
    Cutting from an unknown newspaper with a photograph of Douglas and Aileen Dodds-Parker with Neil Marten at the Conservative Party garden fete at Burford, which was opened by Aileen Dodds-Parker.

    MC:P2/7/1N/19                                                                                         May–Aug 1970
    Collection of press-cuttings relating to the 1970 General Election campaign in Cheltenham. There are also items relating to the marriages of Dodds-Parker’s son Peter and stepson Gilbert Woods. The papers providing the cuttings are the Gloucestershire Echo and the Daily Telegraph [17 items].

    MC:P2/7/1N/20                                                                                              12 Jul 1971
    Copy of a news release from Dodds-Parker for the Gloucestershire Echo concerning the EEC.

    MC:P2/7/1N/21                                                                                            14 Aug 1972
    Cutting from the Gloucestershire Echo concerning the Parliamentary delegation to China led by Dodds-Parker.

    MC:P2/7/1N/22                                                                                 25 Nov–2 Dec 1972
    3 copies of the Gloucestershire Echo and the Cheltenham Chronicle, concerning unfounded rumours that Dodds-Parker was planning to retire as MP, with a statement by him refuting them.

    MC:P2/7/1N/23                                                                                             28 Dec 1972
    Cutting from the Gloucestershire Echo, with article and photograph of Dodds-Parker on a meeting of the Cheltenham Conservative Association on Ukranian matters.

    MC:P2/7/1N/24                                                                                                        1973
    Cutting from an unnamed newspaper with a photograph of  Dodds-Parker visiting the Dowty factory at Cheltenham.

    MC:P2/7/1N/25                                                                                             13 Feb 1973
    Copy of the Gloucestershire Echo, with a photograph of Aileen Dodds-Parker attending the Pittville Ward Conservatives’ morning market.

    MC:P2/7/1N/26                                                                                               2 Oct 1973
    Cutting from an unnamed French newspaper reporting on Dodds-Parker’s visit to a stand representing Cheltenham at a festival at Annecy.

    MC:P2/7/1N/27                                                                                               5 Jan 1974
    Copy of the Cheltenham Chronicle, with a New Year message from Dodds-Parker.

    MC:P2/7/1N/28                                                                                    8 Feb–1 Mar 1974
    Bundle of newspapers with articles and photographs concerning the Feb 1974 General Election campaign in Cheltenham (the last one fought by Dodds-Parker). The papers used are the Gloucestershire Echo and the Western Daily Press [11 items].

    MC:P2/7/1N/29                                                                                            10 May 1974
    Copy of the Gloucestershire Echo, with an article about the choice of Charles Irving to succeed Dodds-Parker as the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Cheltenham.

    MC:P2/7/1N/30                                                                                       Oct or Nov 1974
    Cutting from an unnamed local Cheltenham paper concerning Dodds-Parker’s continuing work for the European Parliament after his retirement from Parliament.

    MC:P2/7/1N/31                                                                                             10 Apr 1965
    Copy of the Gloucestershire Echo, with an article reporting a speech by Dodds-Parker on education.

    MC:P2/7/1N/32                                                                                               1 Apr 1966
    Cutting from the Gloucestershire Echo, reporting on the result of that year’s general election, with a photograph of Douglas and Aileen Dodds-Parker after the former’s re-election as MP for Cheltenham (the first result to be declared).

    MC:P2/7/1N/33                                                                                             19 Jun 1970
    Cutting from the Western Daily Press, reporting on the result of that year’s general election, with a photograph of Douglas and Aileen Dodds-Parker after the former’s re-election as MP for Cheltenham (the second result to be declared).

    MC:P2/7/1N/34                                                                                            13 Aug 1974
    Cutting from The Times, reporting on Dodds-Parker’s attempts to release one of his constituents, who was held in custody in East Germany.

    MC:P2/7/1N/35                                                                                             24 Apr 1965
    Cutting from the Gloucestershire Echo, reporting on a visit by Douglas and Aileen Dodds-Parker to a home for the mentally handicapped in support of Cheltenham “Mental Health Week”.

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