Speeches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher

Remarks visiting Northern Ireland (chatting to shoppers)

Document type: Speeches, interviews, etc.
Venue: Bangor, Northern Ireland
Source: BBC Radio News Report 1300 22 December 1982
Journalist: Bill Frost, BBC, reporting
Editorial comments: Available on CD-ROM only. 1010-1100 MT visited a school in Bangor, talked to shoppers in the High Street then (1125-1200) visited the victims of the Ballykelly pub bomb at Musgrave Park Hospital in Belfast. She also made visits to the Coldstream Guards at Bessbrook and to the RUC at Gough Barracks (1220-1510). The Belfast Telegraph (22 December 1982) noted that she declined to speak to reporters at Bangor and Musgrave Park.
Importance ranking: Trivial
Word count: 262