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PDF 36 Jul 6 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Grantham Journal) 1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts address as Rotary President ("a manacled age")
PDF 39 Jan 26 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Grantham Journal) 1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts Rotary address (Chamberlain's "will intent on peace")
PDF 41 Jan 1 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Mahogany & Child") [123K high quality scan]
PDF 41 Jan 1 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Strength comes from within") [132K high quality scan]
PDF 44 May 1 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: 1944 Employment White Paper [MT's annotated copy]
Info only 45 May 8 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] VE Day
Text 45 Jun 25 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech in Sleaford
Info only 45 Jul 5 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Labour Government formed (146 majority)
Info only 45 Aug 6 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Hiroshima destroyed by A-bomb
Info only 45 Aug 16 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] VJ Day
PDF 45 Dec 1 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1943-47 (Oxford): Oxford University Conservative Association Report (reacting to 1945 election defeat) [report co-authored by Margaret Roberts, Michael Kinchin-Smith and Stanley Moss]
PDF 48 Dec 17 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): J.L.M. Miller to Margaret Roberts (offers interview for Dartford "short list")
PDF 49 Jan 3 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): J.L.M. Miller to Margaret Roberts (chosen for Dartford "short list")
Info only 49 Jan 31 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Margaret Roberts selected Conservative candidate for Dartford
Text 49 Feb 28 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech at adoption meeting
Text 50 Jan 28 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Article for Gravesend and Dartford Reporter ( YOU will decide )
Text 50 Feb 3 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech at adoption meeting in Dartford
Text 50 Feb 3 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher 1950 General Election Address
Info only 50 Feb 23 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Labour Government formed (5 majority)
Text 51 Mar 16 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Letters on economic policy
Text 51 Oct 8 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech at adoption meeting
Text 51 Oct 8 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher 1951 General Election Address
Text 51 Oct 15 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech in Belvedere
Text 51 Oct 17 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech in Belvedere
Info only 51 Oct 25 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Conservative Government formed (13 majority)
Info only 51 Dec 13 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Marriage of Margaret Roberts and Denis Thatcher
Text 52 Feb 17 Su Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Article for Sunday Graphic (Wake up, Women)
PDF 52 May 21 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Grantham Journal) Early life Photo of Alfred Roberts laying down his robes as Alderman (voted out by Labour)
PDF 52 Jun 12 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Conservative Party) 1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook to John Hare ("without exception the best woman candidate I have known")
PDF 52 Jun 19 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): John Hare interview with MT ("immense personality & charm")
PDF 52 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook note on MT ("an amazing young woman")
PDF 55 Jan 3 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): MT to Hare (not thinking of a parliamentary career for "many years")
PDF 55 Jan 13 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): MT to Hare (mind made up to pursue law "to the exclusion of politics")
Info only 55 Apr 5 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Churchill resigned as Prime Minister; Eden succeeded
Info only 55 May 26 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Conservative Government formed (58 majority)
PDF 56 Feb 28 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): MT to Donald Kaberry (asks to meet)
PDF 56 Mar 14 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Conservative Party) 1949-59 (candidate): Donald Kaberry Interview with MT (wishes to return to list)
Info only 56 Jul 26 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Nasser announced nationalisation of Suez Canal
Info only 56 Oct 30 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Anglo-French ultimatum to Israel and Egypt; Soviet invasion of Hungary
Info only 56 Oct 31 We Chronology Key [Chronology] Anglo-French forces began action against Egypt; abandoned under US pressure 7 Nov
Info only 57 Jan 9 We Chronology Key [Chronology] Eden resigned as Prime Minister; Macmillan succeeded (10 Jan)
Info only 57 Mar 25 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Treaty of Rome
Info only 58 Jan 6 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Thorneycroft, Powell and Birch resigned as Treasury Ministers
Info only 58 Jul 31 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] MT adopted candidate for Finchley
Text 58 Jul 31 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech at Finchley adoption meeting
PDF 58 Aug 18 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) 1949-59 (candidate): MT to Kaberry ("anti-woman prejudice")
Text 59 Jan 21 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech to Finchley Conservatives
Text 59 Apr 3 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech in Friern Barnet
Text 59 Sep 1 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Article for Signpost ("This is your choice")
Text 59 Sep 21 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech at adoption meeting
Text 59 Sep 21 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher 1959 General Election Address
Info only 59 Oct 8 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Conservative Government formed (100 majority)
PDF 60 Feb 5 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Private Member's Bill: MT notes for her maiden speech
Text 60 Feb 5 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher HC S 2R [Public Bodies (Admission of the Press to Meetings) Bill] (Maiden Speech)
Text 60 Feb 6 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for ITN (after maiden speech) [MT's first television interview]
Text 61 Feb 14 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher HC Standing Committee [Criminal Justice Bill] (supports corporal punishment)
Text 61 Apr 17 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Interview for Daily Express
Text 61 Apr 19 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher HC S [Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation]
Info only 61 Oct 9 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] MT appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary (Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
Info only 62 Jul 13 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] "Night of the Long Knives": 7 of 21 Cabinet Ministers sacked
Info only 63 Jan 14 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] De Gaulle vetoed British entry to EEC
Info only 63 Jun 4 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Profumo resigned
Info only 63 Oct 10 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Macmillan’s decision to resign as PM announced; Home succeeded; Macleod and Powell refused to serve (13 Oct)
Info only 64 Oct 15 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Labour Government formed (4 majority); MT became a shadow spokesman on pensions
Info only 65 Jul 25 Su Chronology Key [Chronology] Home resigned as Conservative leader; Heath elected successor (28 Jul)
Text 65 Oct 15 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech to Conservative Party Conference (rates)
Info only 65 Oct 18 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] MT moved to shadow Housing and Land
Info only 65 Nov 11 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Rhodesia declared UDI
Text 65 Nov 11 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher HC S [Debate on the Address - Land Commission and Housing]
Info only 66 Mar 31 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Labour Government formed (98 majority)
Info only 66 Apr 19 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] MT moved to shadow Treasury as deputy to Iain Macleod
Text 66 Oct 12 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech to Conservative Party Conference
Text 67 Apr 17 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher HC S [Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation]
Info only 67 Jun 5 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Middle East: Six Day War (ended 10 Jun)
Info only 67 Oct 10 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] MT appointed to Shadow Cabinet, responsible for Fuel and Power
Text 67 Oct 20 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech to Conservative Party Conference
Text 67 Nov 1 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher HC S [Debate on the Address]
Info only 68 Apr 20 Sa Chronology Key [Chronology] Enoch Powell’s "River Tiber" speech; Powell fired from Shadow Cabinet (21 Apr)
Info only 68 Aug 20 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
Text 68 Oct 11 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Conservative Political Centre (CPC) Lecture ("What’s wrong with politics?")
Info only 68 Nov 14 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] MT reshuffled to shadow Transport
Text 69 Feb 19 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Article for Daily Telegraph ("Consensus - or choice?")
Text 69 Feb 20 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Article for Daily Telegraph ("Participation - in what?")
Info only 69 Aug 14 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] Northern Ireland: troops deployed in Belfast
Text 69 Oct 10 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech to Conservative Party Conference
Info only 69 Oct 21 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] MT appointed shadow education spokesman
Text 69 Oct 31 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher HC S [Debate on the Address - Pensions and Education]
Info only 70 Jan 30 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] Selsdon Park Shadow Cabinet (manifesto meeting); ended 1 Feb
Text 70 Apr 9 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour ("Permissive or Civilised?")
Info only 70 Jun 18 Th Chronology Key [Chronology] General Election: Conservative Government formed (majority 31)
Info only 70 Jun 19 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] MT given her first Cabinet post (Secretary of State for Education and Science)
Info only 70 Jun 30 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] Circular 10/70, withdrawing compulsion to go comprehensive
Text 70 Jun 30 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for BBC Radio 4 Today (withdrawal of Circular 10/65)
Text 70 Jul 8 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher HC S [Debate on the Address - Education]
CD only 70 Jul 27 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for BBC1 Panorama (profile of MT)
Text 70 Oct 7 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech to Conservative Party Conference
PDF 70 Oct 13 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Education: Private Office minute to Heath (not practicable to exclude MT from discussion of education policy) [declassified 2003]
Text 70 Oct 28 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech to Association of Education Committees
Text 71 Mar 21 Su Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for BBC1 A Chance To Meet (questions from studio audience)
Text 71 Jun 14 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher HC S 2R [Education (Milk) Bill]

Documents lie at the core of this website, each one dated and sorted chronologically (by default) in search results. Most are images in PDF format of original paper documents scanned or filmed for the site. There are also transcripts of speeches and interviews, press articles, photos, videos, and more. The document database contains tens of thousands of items and permits complex searching.

Files are multi-page PDFs from which most of the documents on the site are selected. All of Mrs Thatcher’s official files from No.10 are available in full on this site (paper copies are stored at the National Archives in the series PREM19), as well as most of those of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor (stored at TNA as series T639 and T640).

Guides are articles about key events and topics. Many were written to accompany annual releases of Mrs Thatcher’s private and party papers at the Churchill Archive Centre in Cambridge.

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