Tuesday 31 May 1983
[See THCR 2/7/3/48 for MT’s 1983 election tour schedule for the day, including notes about the sites she’d be visiting.]
0745 Dr. Henderson
0800 Robin Butler
0815 Arrive Central Office
0830-0925 Briefing Meeting
0930-1000 Daily News Conference - Ground Floor Conference Room
1000-1020 Private discussion between Prime Minister and Chairman [Cecil Parkinson]
1020 Depart Central Office for Downing Street
1030 Prepare for and record Panorama
1300 Lunch in Flat
1345 Depart No. 10
1400 Train to Gatwick [Arrive 1441] [THCR 2/7/3/48]
1500 Depart Gatwick for Edinburgh
1620 Arrive Edinburgh, Turnhouse Airport [To be met by: Mr. Michael Ancram, Chairman Scottish Conservative Party & Mr. A.M.G. Macmillan, Director of
Scottish
Conservative Party] [THCR 2/7/3/48]
1625 Depart Edinburgh Airport for Scottish Central Office new buildings to inspect them
1640 Arrive Scottish Central Office, 3 Chester Street, Edinburgh
1655 Depart Scottish Central Office for Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh
1700 Arrive Caledonian Hotel [To be met by Rt. Hon. George Younger] [THCR 2/7/3/48]
1900 Depart Caledonian Hotel
1912 Arrive George Watson's College [To be met by: Mr. Adam Currie, The Master, Edinburgh Merchants Co., Dr. Roger Young, Headmaster, George Watson’s College,
& Mr. Donald Maclean, President SCUA] [THCR 2/7/3/48]
1915 Address Rally [for 10 Lothian Region Constituencies (6 in Edinburgh and 4 outside). Chairman: Mr. Donald Maclean. Those present to include: The Secretary of
State (for Scotland, George Younger), Candidates for Lothian Region Constituencies, one of whom is Michael Ancram] [THCR 2/7/3/48]
2030 Depart George Watson's College
2045 Depart Edinburgh Airport
2125 Arrive Dalcross Airport, Inverness [THCR 2/7/3/48 has this at 2105 and adds: ‘To be met by: David Maclean, Candidate, Inverness Nairn & Lochaber, Mrs. Lorna
Waddell, Constituency Chairman, and Pipers’]
2200 Arrive Station Hotel, Inverness [Manager Mr. Tom Gilchrist] [THCR 2/7/3/48]
Supper and overnight stay.
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