Friday 15 March 1985
[Material from handwritten original of the 1985 appointment diary: Regional Tour: Wessex Area [+Newbury] [DT away].]
[Engagement card has fuller details of MT’s engagements for the day: THCR 1/7/41 f40]
0845 [Material from handwritten original of the 1985 appointment diary: Depart for Wellington Barracks.]
0850 Drive to Henley on Thames
1000 Arrive Videcom Limited, Newtown Estate, Reading Road [Met by Mr. Keith Barker, Managing Director; Mrs. Mary Barker, Purchasing Director;
Ms. Hilary Barker, Travel Systems; Mr. Iain Barker, Hardware Design: 1/7/41 f40]
Tour
1040 Take off for Witney
1055 Land at H.R. Smith, New Mill, Crawley Road, Witney [Met by Mr. H R Smith, Chairman; Mr. R.E.L. Smith, M.D.; Mr. G.E. Farquhar, Director: 1/7/41
f40]
Tour
1150 Take off for Milton Heights
1200 Land Milton
Drive to Home Farm Trust and tour home [Met by Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, Manager and wife. Introduced to Mr. Basil Fish, Deputy Manager:
1/7/41 f40]
1250 Depart for Abingdon
1310 Arrive Abbey Hall, The Guildhall for Lunch [Reception for Party Workers. Met by Mrs. Joyce Billings, Chrmn of Wessex Provincial Area.
Constituency
Association reps from Oxfordshire: Banbury, Henley, Oxford East, Oxford West and Abingdon, Wantage, Witney. [P]lus reps from three
Euro-constituencies: The Cotswolds, Oxford & Bucks, Wiltshire. Short speech after introduction by Mrs. Billings at lunch. Vote of thanks by
Mr. Steven Norris, MP: 1/7/41 f40]
1425 Leave for Newbury
1450 Arrive St. Bartholomew’s School, Andover Road, Newbury
Tour school
1630 Take off for Stoke Poges
1645 Arrive Stoke Green House, Stoke Green for Party tea [Reception for members of Beaconsfield and Chesham & Amersham Associations.
Met by Mrs. Phyllis Watkins, Chrmn of Beaconsfield Cons. Association, and Mr. Simon Card, Chairman of Chesham & Amersham Cons. Association
… Vote of thanks by Mr. Tim Smith MP: 1/7/41 f40]
1745 Depart for Chequers
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