Monday 23 May 1983
[Handwritten original lists several appointments marked as cancelled, apparently because of MT’s election tour. See THCR 2/7/3/43 for MT’s 1983 election tour
schedule for the day, including notes about the sites she’d be visiting.]
0815 Arrive Central Office
0830-0925 Briefing Meeting
0930-1000 Daily News Conference
1000-1020 Private discussion with Chairman [Cecil Parkinson]
1020 Media interviews
1045 Depart Central Office by car for Battersea Heliport
1100 Take off by helicopter
1150 Arrive Filton - British Aerospace [To be met by: Mr. Peter Gower, C.B.E. – Central Office Agent, Mr. Gordon Shattock – Western Area Chairman,
Mr. Jack
Aspinwall – Candidate for Wansdyke, & Mr. Michael Wilde – Managing Director British Aerospace] [THCR 2/7/3/43]
Join Campaign Coach
1215 Arrive Longwell Green Community Centre [(Wansdyke Constituency) Meet approximately 150 elderly citizens. Those present will include: Mr. Jack Aspinwall,
Conservative Candidate for Wansdyke, Mrs. Aspinwall, and candidates from surrounding constituencies] [THCR 2/7/3/43]
1315 Lunch with Luncheon Club
1345 Depart Longwell Green Community Centre
1400 Arrive premises of Messrs. Bristol Ericson, Ltd, Tower Road, North Warmley (Machine Tool manufacturers) [Managing Director: Mr. M.S. Neal] [THCR 2/7/3/43]
1445 Depart for Cardiff
1600 Arrive Angel Hotel, Cardiff [To be met by: Mr. Zachary Brierley – Wales Area Chairman & Mr. Ted Thurgood – Central Office Agent] [THCR 2/7/3/43]
1630 Regional interviews
1740 Provision for telephone conversation with Chairman [Cecil Parkinson]
1800 Dinner in Suite
1900 Depart Angel Hotel
1904 Arrive City Hall [Committee Room A] [THCR 2/7/3/43]
1915 Welsh Area Rally
2015 Depart by car to London [(a) Prime Minister to return to London by car; (b) Rest of tour party to travel to Rhoose Airport] [THCR 2/7/3/43]
2100 [Flight back to London Gatwick for tour party] [THCR 2/7/3/43]
2150 [Arrive Gatwick Airport – transfer to coaches] [THCR 2/7/3/43]
2245 [Arrive central London] [THCR 2/7/3/43]
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