Friday 20 May 1983
[Handwritten original lists several appointments marked as cancelled, apparently because of MT’s election tour. See THCR 2/7/3/41 for MT’s 1983 election tour
schedule for the day, including notes about the sites she’d be visiting.]
0800 Robin Butler
0810 Depart No. 10
0815 Arrive Central Office
Briefing
0930 Press Conference
1000 [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: Rehearsal.]
1000 Chairman [Cecil Parkinson]
1020 Possible interviews
[Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: CAMPAIGN STARTS].]
[Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: ELECTION TOUR [West Country].]
1045 Depart CCO by car for Victoria Station
1100 Depart Victoria by train
1141 Arrive Gatwick [transfer to car] [THCR 2/7/3/41]
1215 Depart Gatwick for St. Mawgan [Lunch on board] [THCR 2/7/3/41]
1315 Arrive St. Mawgan and embark coach [To be met by: Mr. Peter Gower, C.B.E. – Central Office Agent & Mr. Gordon Shattock – Western Area Chairman.
Join
Campaign Coach to leave at 1330] [THCR 2/7/3/41]
1355 Arrive Padstow Harbour (North Cornwall constituency)
Visit fishtanks, walk along quay, etc. [Visit fish tanks and meet Fishermen/Merchants/Harbour Master at quayside. Walk along quayside and meet supporters]
[THCR 2/7/3/41]
1435 Depart Padstow in coach
1450 Arrive Trelyll Farm [near WADEBRIDGE (North Cornwall). Owner Mr. W.D. Nightingale – a large dairy farm, meet farmers and families] [THCR 2/7/3/41]
1520 Depart Trelyll Farm in coach
1530 Walkabout in Molesworth Street, Wadebridge [Arrive MOLESWORTH STREET CAR PARK, WADEBRIDGE, to meet supporters from North Cornwall and Truro
constituencies. **NOT TO BE PUBLICISED] [THCR 2/7/3/41]
1715 Depart St. Mawgan Airport [THCR 2/7/3/41 has this at 1600]
1815 Arrive Gatwick [THCR 2/7/3/41 has this at 1700 and adds: ‘transfer to car for return to London’]
By car to No. 20 [sic: No. 10]
1915 Arrive No. 10 [THCR 2/7/3/41 has this at 1800 approx. and adds: ‘Provision for meeting Robin Butler’ and ‘Provision for speech preparation’]
Clear boxes
Supper in flat
2030 Speechwriting
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