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Margaret Thatcher was Britain's prime minister (or 'PM') for almost 12 years between 1979 and 1990. She was the first woman ever to hold that job, or to lead any big country in Europe or America, and became famous the world over. She was often called "the Iron Lady", and in fact was pleased when she was given the nickname - by a Russian ...
Apr 29, 2015 · We are Margaret Thatcher's children: meet the north Londoners keeping the Iron Lady’s legacy alive in her old constituency ... note is leafy prosperity and the legacy of its former MP Margaret ...
Mar 20, 2017 · The British press dubbed the future Prime Minister “Thatcher, Thatcher, milk snatcher” for sponsoring legislation to eliminate the free milk program for students over the age of seven. The program had its beginnings in 1940 when children and pregnant women were issued milk to prevent malnutrition that might be brought about by wartime shortages. Thirty years later with Britain mired in an ...
Nov 9, 2009 · Margaret Hilda Roberts, later Margaret Thatcher, was born on October 13, 1925, in Grantham, a small town in Lincolnshire, England. Her parents, Alfred and Beatrice, were middle-class shopkeepers ...
Thatcher Archive: transcript (extract) Journalist: Valerie Singleton, BBC, chairing: Editorial comments: Extract only. 1230-1730 "Lunch and recording at the BBC" (appointment diary). MT answered questions from a studio audience made up of children. The programme was broadcast on 7 March. Importance ranking: Key: Word count: 539: Themes:
Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) Margaret Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher was born on October 13, 1925 in Grantham, England, the younger daughter of Alfred and Beatrice Roberts. Her father was a greengrocer and respected town leader, serving as lay-leader with their church, city-alderman and then as mayor. He taught Margaret never to do things because ...
Nov 21, 2020 · Inside the scandal-scarred life of Margaret’s son. By. Isabel Vincent. Updated Nov. 21, 2020, 3:46 p.m. ET. The rotten apple of his mother's eye, Mark Thatcher traded on Margaret Thatcher's ...
