Tuesday 7 June 1983
[Handwritten original lists an appointment marked as cancelled, apparently because of MT’s election tour. See THCR 2/7/3/55 for MT’s 1983 election tour
schedule for the day.]
0745 Stephen Sherbourne
0815 Depart for BBC Lime Grove [THCR 2/7/3/55 has this at 0825]
0845 [Arrive BBC Studios (Lime Grove). Make-up if necessary] [THCR 2/7/3/55]
0905 Election Call
1000 Drive to Central Office [THCR 2/7/3/55 indicates that contingency prepared for either a visit to Central Office or a return to No. 10.]
1030 Chairman [Cecil Parkinson]
1045 IRN and BBC Radio interviews
1130 Return to No. 10
1300 [Lunch in flat] [THCR 2/7/3/55]
1410 [Depart No. 10 for Maddox Street] [THCR 2/7/3/55]
1430 [Arrive Maddox Street – Record PEB] [THCR 2/7/3/55]
1540 Depart No. 10 for Victoria [THCR 2/7/3/55 has MT departing Maddox Street for Victoria at 1530]
1600 Depart for Gatwick Station
1700 Take-off for Wharton [sic: Warton]
1800 Arrive Wharton [sic: Warton] [Transfer to cars and depart for North Euston Hotel, Fleetwood] [THCR 2/7/3/55]
1830 Drive to North Euston Hotel, Fleetwood [THCR 2/7/3/55 has MT arriving at hotel at 1830 and adds: ‘To be met by the owners: Mr. Jim Cowpe and Mrs. Moira
Cowpe, Mr Roger Johns and Mrs. Hilary Johns. Light meal in suite’]
1830 [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: [Beating Retreat].]
1910 Depart for Marine Hall
1915 Rally (Flyde Coast) [Chairman: Mr. Eric G. Taylor, Area Chairman. The audience will have been present for about 25 minutes and an Appeal for funds will have
been made and the collection taken. At the end of the speech, the Chairman will propose a short vote of thanks. The Party will proceed off the platform at the
right hand side (facing audience) in front of the stage, down the middle aisle and out through the entrance in the Wyre Lounge into waiting cars.] [THCR
2/7/3/55]
2100 Depart Wharton Aerodrome [sic: Warton]
2200 Arrive Gatwick
2230 Arrive No. 10
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