Monday 6 June 1983
[Handwritten original says ‘? European Council Stuttgart’ and ‘[Cancel weekly meetings]’. See THCR 2/7/3/54 for MT’s 1983 election tour schedule for the day,
including notes about the sites she’d be visiting.]
0800 Robin Butler
0815 Depart for Central Office
0830 [Prime Minister’s Briefing Meeting] [THCR 2/7/3/54]
0930 Press Conference
1000 [Private discussion between Prime Minister and Chairman (Cecil Parkinson)] [THCR 2/7/3/54]
1020 ITN Interview
1030 Depart CCO by coach [for John F. Renshaw & Co. Limited] [THCR 2/7/3/54]
1110 Arrive J. F. Renshaw (Marzipan makers) (Mitcham and Mordern constituency) [To be met by: Mr. Peter Renshaw, Chairman John F. Renshaw & Co. Ltd. &
Mr. John Renshaw, Deputy Chairman; Mrs. Angela Rumbold, Candidate Mitcham and Morden & Mr. John Rumbold] [THCR 2/7/3/54]
1135 [Tour factory] [THCR 2/7/3/54]
1140 Depart J. F. Renshaw
1150 Arrive Croydon North West HQ [To meet the Candidate, Humphrey Malins, and helpers at Campaign Headquarters, 161 Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath] [THCR
2/7/3/54]
1200 Depart by car for No. 10
1230 Arrive No. 10
Lunch in flat
1400 Briefing for Granada 500 [Gordon Reece & Stephen Sherbourne: THCR 2/7/3/54 f4] [THCR 2/7/3/54 has this at 1450]
1500 Make-up [Miss Hooton] [THCR 2/7/3/54]
1530 Depart for Royalty Theatre [Aldwych] [THCR 2/7/3/54]
1540 Arrive
1600 Record “Granada 500”
1630 Depart for House of Commons
1645 Visit H/C staff
1700 Arrive No. 10
1800 Julian Haviland [THCR 2/7/3/54 f4]
1830-2100 [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: (Beating Retreat Rehearsal).]
Speechwriting [Ferdy Mount, Ronnie Millar, David Wolfson: THCR 2/7/3/54 f4]
Supper in flat
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