MT Engagement Diary

Document type:	Declassified documents
Source:	THCR6/1/2/2
Editorial comments:	Taken from a typed version of the appointment diary prepared in the Garden Room at some point following MT’s resignation. The original remained in the custody of the Cabinet Office. Material has been added to this entry from the handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary, accessed at the Cabinet Office prior to transfer to TNA. The full text of that volume can be accessed here.
Importance ranking:	Minor
Word count:	1p

Friday 17 October 1980

0910   Left Metropole Hotel in Mini Metro
0915   Arrived National Exhibition Centre, Main Entrance
0920   Toured Show
1030    [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: Open Motor Show +DT, National Exhibition Centre.]
1100   Opening ceremony
1110   Coffee in Lord Mayor’s Parlour
1120   Drove from NEC main entrance to Hall 7 in Lucas Electric Vehicle
1130   Ferodo Ltd.
              AE Auto Parts Ltd.
1150   Returned to NEC Main Entrance in Lucas Electric Vehicle
              Press Conference
1210   Left Birmingham for London
1400 approx    [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: Arrive London.]
1700   Sir Robert Armstrong
1730-1830   John Hoskyns and David Wolfson

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