Sir Bernard Ingham

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Sir Bernard Ingham

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Sir Bernard Ingham (born 21 June 1932) is a British journalist and former civil servant, best known as Margaret Thatcher's chief press secretary while she was Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. He was knighted in Mrs Thatcher's 1990 resignation honours list

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On The Farm - ING00144
Sir Bernard's brother farmed at Deerstones Farm, Triangle and Sir Bernard looked after the farm in August 1995 so that brother Derek could have a week's holiday. A neighbour helped out at milking time.

On The Farm - ING00143
Sir Bernard's brother farmed at Deerstones Farm, Triangle and Sir Bernard looked after the farm in August 1995 so that brother Derek could have a week's holiday. A neighbour helped out at milking time. The phonecall was not staged!

On The Farm - ING00142
Sir Bernard's brother farmed at Deerstones Farm, Triangle and Sir Bernard looked after the farm in August 1995 so that brother Derek could have a week's holiday. A neighbour helped out at milking time.

On The Farm - ING00141
Sir Bernard's brother farmed at Deerstones Farm, Triangle and Sir Bernard looked after the farm in August 1995 so that brother Derek could have a week's holiday. A neighbour helped out at milking time.

Caricature of Sir Bernard - ING00140
Created at TRIC Charity Lunch, July 2011

Royal Visit - ING00139
At the Television and Radio Industries Club, Mrs Thatcher talks to Prince Michael of Kent.

President of TRIC - ING00138
Being invested by Ned Sherrin as President of the Television & Radio Industries Club (TRIC)- 1998-1999

On an RAF Plane of the Queen's Flight - ING00136
With Tony Benn. Sir Bernard was Tony Benn's PA.

After the Award - ING00134
Lady Thatcher, Sir Bernard and Lady Ingham, following the award by Lady Thatcher, as Chancellor of Birmingham University, of an Honorary Doctorate to Sir Bernard.

Chairman's Ball, 1958 - ING00133
Hebden Royd Urban District council

Chairman and His Lady - ING00131
Garnet Ingham, Chairman of Hebden Royd Urban District council 1957/58, with his consort, Mrs Ingham.

Launch of 'Yorkshire Greats' - ING00129
With Freddie Trueman, Alan Hinkes, conquer of all the 8000 metre peaks, including Everest, Dame Janet Baker, opera singer, and Betty Boothroyd, at Salt's Mill, Saltaire. The book was published by Dalesman in 2005.

Cllr Garnet Ingham - ING00128
Chairman of Hebden Royd Urban District Council, 1957/58

Cllr Garnet Ingham - ING00127
1957 and Garnet was Chairman of Hebden Royd Urban District Concil, and the photo is taken in the Council Chamber, Hebden Bridge.

Bernard's Parent's Wedding - ING00126
Left to right: Harold Ingham, groom's brother, (Harold kept a grocer's shop on New Road, Mytholmroyd from about 1940-1950) possibly Maud Ingham (can anybody confirm please?), groom Garnet Ingham, bride Mary Ellen nee Shepherd. The bride's father is…

Bernard and Derek Ingham - ING00125
Bernard and brother Derek, Derek is in the pram, in about 1936 at Albion Terrace, Hebden Bridge.

Launch of Bernard's Autobiography, May 1991 - ING00123
The book, entitled 'Kill the Messenger', explains how he came to hold the job of Chief Press Secretary and diaries his association with Mrs Thatcher from the Faulklands War to the Westland Helecopter Scandal, and her final hours at Downing Street.

Sir Bernard and Lady Ingham - ING00121
At a dinner in London, January 20th 1994

In Moscow - ING00120
The then-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev talks to then-Bristish Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during their joint press conference in Moscow on June 8, 1990
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