Margaret Thatcher Engagement Diary - Sun 19 May 1985

Document type:	Declassified documents
Source:	Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR6/1/2/7
Editorial comments:	Taken from a typed version of the appointment diary prepared in the Garden Room following MT's resignation but before 1992. The handwritten original has also been studied and material from that source has sometimes been added in, with explicit notes to that effect. The handwritten volumes are now being deposited at TNA in the series PREM32; PREM32/19 is the manuscript version of the diary, PREM32/7 the typed one.
Importance ranking:	Minor
Word count:	1p

Sunday 19 May 1985

[Bradford] [THCR 1/7/44 f3 provides fuller details of MT’s visit to Bradford as well as background notes]

0745

Depart Chequers [for Northolt +DT]

0815

Depart RAF NORTHOLT for Leeds Bradford Airport

0910

Arrive Leeds Bradford Airport

Depart for City Hall

0930

Arrive City Hall

Coffee with the Lord Mayor, Councillor Olive Messer, her Consort, Dr. Basil Messer, Lord Mayor-Elect, Councillor Ajeeb, Leader of the Conservative Group, Councillor Farley, Leader of the Labour Group, Councillor Beeley, Leader of the Liberal Group, Councillor Mrs. Greenwood, Bishop of Bradford, Rt. Rev. Robert Williamson, Chief Executive, Gordon Moore, Chief Constable, Colin Sampson, Chairman of Bradford Appeal, Mr. Roger Suddards, Visit Liaison Officer, Mr. Ian Page.

1000

Depart City Hall

1005

Arrive Bradford City Football Ground, Valley Parade

Met by Mr. Stafford Heginbotham, Chairman of the Football Club

Mr. J. Tordoff and Mr. P. Flesher, Board Directors

Mr. Trevor Cherry, Club Manager

Mr. Peter Jackson, Club Captain

Mr. Don Goodman

1030

Depart Valley Parade

1035

Arrive Bradford Royal Infirmary

Met by County Councillor J. Royston Moore, Chairman of District Health Authority

Meet staff of casualty ward who received a number of the accident victims

1115

Depart Bradford Royal Infirmary

1125

Arrive St. Luke’s Hospital

Met by Mr. David Sharpe - meet patients who are still hospitalised

1230

Depart St. Luke’s Hospital

1235

Met by Mr. Colin Sampson (Chief Constable of West Yorkshire) and Chief Superintendent Bill Roper.

Meet representatives of police, fire brigade and ambulance service who were involved in the rescue operation, together with representatives of the various voluntary services who were also involved, e.g. St. John’s Ambulance and Salvation Army.

1315

Depart Central Police Station

1320

Arrive City Hall - visit Appeals office

Meet Mr. Roger Suddards (Chairman of Appeal) and staff involved in the Bradford Disaster Appeal Fund.

1325

Buffet lunch in Lord Mayor’s Rooms with Lord Mayor, her Consort, Chief Executive, Chief Constable, Mr. Ian Page, and members of the Prime Minister’s staff.

1400