Thursday 26 May 1983
[Handwritten original lists several appointments marked as cancelled, apparently because of MT’s election tour. See THCR 2/7/3/46 for MT’s 1983 election tour
schedule for the day, including notes about the sites she’d be visiting.]
0800 Robin Butler
0815 Arrive Central Office
Briefing meeting
0830-0900 [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: Hair.]
0930-1000 Press Conference
1000 Chairman [Cecil Parkinson]
1020 Interview
1045 Depart Central Office for Victoria Station
1100 Train to Gatwick Station
1145 Flight take-off for Leeds Bradford Airport
1245 Arrive Leeds Bradford Airport and join Campaign Coach [To be met by: Mr. Eric Ward, COA Yorkshire & Mr. Joe Barnard, Yorkshire Area Chairman] [THCR
2/7/3/46]
1310 Arrive Harry Ramsden's Restaurant for lunch [General Manager: Mr. Frank Begg] [THCR 2/7/3/46]
1350 Depart via Menston for Otley
1355 Whistlestop in Menston [(Suburban village in Shipley) NOT TO BE PUBLICISED] [THCR 2/7/3/46]
1400 Depart for Otley
1410 Arrive Otley - Robert Ogden Holdings [Tour of premises Robert Ogden Holdings. To be escorted by: Mr. Robert Ogden, Chairman and Managing Director] [THCR
2/7/3/46]
1440 Depart via Huby for Harrogate
1448 Whistlestop Huby village centre [(Skipton & Ripon) To be met by: Mr. John Watson, Candidate. NOT TO BE PUBLICISED] [THCR 2/7/3/46]
1453 Depart Huby for Harrogate
1503 Arrive Police Convalescent Home for tour [To be met by: Supt. R.J Webb, Q.P.M.] [THCR 2/7/3/46]
TV interview on board Campaign Coach
1600 Depart for Majestic Hotel, Harrogate [THCR 2/7/3/46 has this at 1530 and MT’s arrival at the hotel at 1535. Also notes the General Manager’s name: Mr. Frank
Flaherty.]
1630 Briefing and speech preparation [THCR 2/7/3/46 has this at 1600.]
1700 Regional interviews: TV, radio, etc.
1800 Light supper
1900 Depart Majestic Hotel for Royal Hall, Harrogate
1905 Arrive Royal Hall, Harrogate
1915 Harrogate Rally [Chairman Mr. Joe Barnard (Yorkshire Area Chairman)] [THCR 2/7/3/46]
2030 Depart for Leeds Bradford Airport
2100 Flight from Leeds to Gatwick
2200 Arrive Gatwick and drive to No. 10 [THCR 2/7/3/46 notes a ‘transfer to coaches’ upon arrival at Gatwick]
2255 [Arrive central London] [THCR 2/7/3/46]
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