Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher paid a visit to Felixstowe Docks just months before the General Election of 1983 - were you one of those who met the Iron Lady during her tour?
The PM had suffered a rocky start to her premiership with unemployment rates rising and the country in recession. However, by 1983 the situation was beginning to change.
During her visit to Felixstowe she won many admirers by climbing a quayside crane to get a bird’s-eye view of the port.
Two months after her visit to Felixstowe Docks, Thatcher called a General Election which lead to the most decisive victory since Labour’s victory in 1945.
She held office until 1990 when John Major took over at Number 10.
This was not the only time Thatcher had visited Felixstowe. She also addressed the Conservative Central Council at the Spa Pavilion in 1986.
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