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@not4turning
Welcome to my new blog!
I’m interested in Margaret Thatcher as a biographical subject/personality and am here to share photos, anecdotes and tidbits I’ve collected through amateur research over the years!
Disclaimer:
I understand the inherently political nature of discussing MT but, as best I can, aim to make the blog purely representational and driven by hobby research. This is NOT a political or ideological endorsement.
Part 2 in my series on Margaret Thatcher’s cosmetics! This look inside Margaret’s famous handbag comes from the Churchill Archives at Cambridge, to which Margaret donated many of her papers and personal belongings. The contents of the bag are directly from Margaret and are on display for researchers.
👜 I’ve added alphabetical labels to the picture that correspond with the info I could dig up on each item!
Ok UPDATE from an article by Tina Gaudoin in The Telegraph: The lipstick is a Clinique Colour Surge in No. 211 Vintage Red and the eyeliner is black Boots No7
Some more rare pics from the news archives! 🧺🕰️📜
L: Margaret Thatcher, aged twenty-six, pictured in the article announcing her engagement.
R: Margaret Thatcher, aged twenty-four, pictured receiving her nomination papers for the Dartford Conservative candidature.
Do yk if Margaret did her own make up while she was in power or did she have a make up artist??
She usually did her own makeup for daily appearances and events, though she had makeup artists come in when she was appearing on TV. Margaret’s personal assistant (Crawfie) said she rarely accepted advice on her makeup and liked to do it herself, but there’s a lot of testimonials online from MUA’s who have worked on her.
Part 2 in my series on Margaret Thatcher’s cosmetics! This look inside Margaret’s famous handbag comes from the Churchill Archives at Cambridge, to which Margaret donated many of her papers and personal belongings. The contents of the bag are directly from Margaret and are on display for researchers.
👜 I’ve added alphabetical labels to the picture that correspond with the info I could dig up on each item!
Do you know if Margaret had a favorite tea
I don’t think Margaret ever specifically mentioned a favourite brand but a few newspapers have referenced her drinking Earl Grey and Lady Grey!
1947 at the Randolph Hotel.
Original Caption: The President of the O.U.C.A Mr. Donald Southgate, chatting to Miss Margaret Roberts (ex-president) and Lady Townsend, wife of Sir John Townsend.
Margaret Thatcher on a ski trip, 1955.
Baking pies with Margaret Roberts 🥧🫖
where do you find the rare Margaret photos 😞
All over the place honestly! Recently I’ve been using TopFoto, but I usually start on regular stock photo websites (like Alamy and Getty etc) where my biggest tip is to look up the names of photographers that are listed on pictures of her. Sometimes the photographer has a website or has done interviews where they show rare photos of her that aren’t previously published. I’ve also found obscure gallery collections to search that way!
Margaret Thatcher feeding chickens in Dartford, 1950.
1951, a woman dresses her dog in a custom jacket to promote Margaret Roberts’ campaign for Dartford MP.
Margaret Thatcher, late 1970s. From the auction of her Chester Square belongings.
how long have you been interested in Margaret
I read Charles Moore’s first biography of her roughly three years ago now and that’s when my interest began!
Is Carol married? I saw an article announcing she was but her wiki doesn't mention it
Based on the Daily Mail story I think she is? I assume it’s not included on Wikipedia because they have a strict source policy for articles on living persons.
HI, I'm new here :) What kind of Margaret research do you do? Can you recommend places to start learning about her? Both general and niche stuff is appreciated!
Hi! Welcome! I’m by no means a professional researcher but I’m always exploring newspaper archives and digital collections for rare interviews/ insights/ photos of Margaret. Most stuff I look for is “deep cuts” material that doesn’t feature in biographies and is probably only interesting to fellow Margaret researchers. I have no idea how to work much of it into this blog LOL but feel free to ask if you want material on anything specific or just some of my favourite random finds!
For learning about Margaret, I recommend the Charles Moore biographies for a great overview of her life. There are a few bios written by people close to her that are a nice supplement and contain personal stories, but they aren’t as thorough as Moore’s (ie. Jonathan Aitken’s & Robin Harris’ books.)
For doing your own research, Newspaper.com and the British Newspaper Archive are the largest relevant digital newspaper troves with great search functions. Also, searching the Google books tab with Margaret’s name + obscure words has led me to some really interesting rare stories about her in out of print books. Hope this helps💛!
Colchester, 1948. A 23 year old Margaret Roberts dances with Bill Jolliffe, chair of the Colchester Conservatives and volunteers at a fundraising book stall.
source: Colchester Gazette