MT Engagement Diary
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR6/1/2/2 |
| Editorial comments: | Taken from a typed version of the appointment diary prepared in the Garden Room at some point following MT’s resignation. The original remained in the custody of the Cabinet Office. Material has been added to this entry from the handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary, accessed at the Cabinet Office prior to transfer to TNA. The full text of that volume can be accessed here. |
| Importance ranking: | Minor |
| Word count: | 1p |
Friday 23 May 1980
1000-1200
0810
Left Royal County Hotel
0830-1000
Visited nursery factories, St. Luke’s Road, Sunderland
1015-1140
Visited Austin and Pickersgill, Shipbuilders, Wearside
1150
Met Mayor of Sunderland and Leader of Sunderland Council at the Civic Centre (drinks)
1215
Left Civic Centre for walkabout in Sunderland Market Place
1250
Left Sunderland Market Place
1315
Arrived British Gas Corporation
1330
Pre-lunch drinks and buffet lunch in School of Engineering
1420-1520
Tour of Research Station
1545
Visited On-Line Inspection Centre, Cramlington
1600-1645
Tour of Centre
1645
Speeches of farewell
1650
Left Cramlington for Newcastle
1715
Arrived Gosforth Park Hotel, Newcastle
1730-1910
Reception for Party workers at Gosforth Park Hotel, Newcastle
Drove to Newcastle Airport
1935
Took off for Northolt
2025
Landed and drove to Chequers