Wednesday 25 May 1983
[See THCR 2/7/3/45 for MT’s 1983 election tour schedule for the day, including notes about the sites she’d be visiting.]
0815 Arrive Central Office
0830-0925 Briefing Meeting
0930-1000 News Conference
1000-1020 Meeting with Chairman [Cecil Parkinson]
1020 Media interviews
1045 Depart for Victoria Station
1100 Train to Gatwick
1200 Take off for RAF Marham [Lunch on board] [THCR 2/7/3/45]
1255   [Arrive RAF Marham. To be met by: W.R. Henderson, COA, Eastern Area, Sir Paul Hawkins, PPC for South West Norfolk, & Mr. Brian Tooke, East of England
Area Chairman] [THCR 2/7/3/45]
Join Campaign Coach
1305 Arrive Narborough Village [Whistlestop. Escorted by Sir Paul Hawkins, PPC South West Norfolk] [THCR 2/7/3/45]
1315 Depart
1325 Arrive Castle Acre Village Green [To be met by: Henry Bellingham, PPC North West Norfolk]
Address Rally [for North West Norfolk Conservative workers and villagers] [THCR 2/7/3/45]
1340 Depart
1400 Arrive East Dereham Market Square [To be met by: Richard Ryder, PPC Mid Norfolk] [THCR 2/7/3/45]
Address Rally [Mid Norfolk rally for Conservative workers and general public in Dereham Market Place] [THCR 2/7/3/45]
1410 Depart
1427 Divert off A47 to Hockering Village for three minute stop [with Mid Norfolk supporters and villagers] [THCR 2/7/3/45]
1445 Arrive Norfolk County Showground, Costessey
Address Rally [for workers and supporters from Norfolk constituencies. Meet Candidates for Norfolk constituencies] [THCR 2/7/3/45]
1510 Depart
1525 Arrive Norwich Airport [Airport Manager’s Office] [THCR 2/7/3/45]
Press Conference [/Interviews: BBC East, Anglia TV, Local radio stations and newspapers] [THCR 2/7/3/45]
1600 Depart for Gatwick
1645 Arrive Gatwick and drive to No. 10
1740 [Arrive central London] [THCR 2/7/3/45]
1800-1900 [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: On the record briefing for American journalists – No. 10. PM wants cancelled but BI
(Bernard Ingham) asked if it cd be kept in.]
1800 [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: Briefing for Economic Summit.]
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