Remarks visiting Finchley

Document type:	Speeches, interviews, etc.
Venue:	Finchley
Source:	Finchley Times, 8 March 1984
Editorial comments:	1600-1715 MT visited Perry’s, a local Ford garage, where she reminisced of the time when she used to buy her cars from them. She spoke with YTS trainees and visited the paintshop. 1715-1815 she called at a local firm of accountants before speaking to St Paul’s Ward Conservatives at Manorside School, 1930-2045. She concluded the day by dropping in at a North Branch Ladies’ reception in North Finchley.
Importance ranking:	Minor
Word count:	348

Words of hope from Mrs. T ‘The third industrial revolution’

It will take a long time, but Britain is gradually climbing out of the recession, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told Conservative Association members at Manorside School, Squires Lane, Finchley, on Friday.

More than 150 members of the combined Moss Hall, Glebe and St Paul's branches of St Paul's Ward gave Mrs Thatcher's message of hope a rousing reception.

She reviewed the country's position both nationally and internationally and examined a broad spectrum of the Government's policies.

In economic terms Britain was producing slightly more now than in 1979 but, largely due to technological advances, the work was being done with 1.9m fewer people.

And last year there were more births of new businesses than deaths of old ones.

“It is the third industrial revolution,” said Mrs Thatcher.

“We are trying to stimulate the growth of small businesses and new services because this is where the new jobs are going to be,” she continued.

There were gaps in the skills available in certain work and the whole thrust of the Youth Training scheme was to help provide the training which was lacking in these areas.

It would take a long time to pull up from the present unemployment figures but the way out was through the creation of new jobs and services.

Mrs Thatcher outlined the Government's aims in education, defence, law and order, health, and foreign policy.

And she said: “I think Britain's name still rides very high in the world and it will continue to do so.”

Afterwards Mrs Thatcher mingled with the association members, managing to talk to most of the people there before going on to the annual reception of the North branch Ladies Committee at the United Reformed Church, Oakleigh Road North, North Finchley.

Here she was welcomed by the committee members and then went on to address the reception.

Her message was similar to the one she had given earlier in the evening and was greeted with great enthusiasm.

Mrs Thatcher has attended this particular reception for years and she spent some time chatting to as many people as possible afterwards.