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Ted Heath is pushing a kite against the wind, which has the word Maplin written along its string; he is looking up at a windsock blowing out horizontally saying CAA (civil aviation authority).

From Telegraph obituary: "Heath was obsessed by large-scale vanity projects. His support of Concorde, and his plans for a Channel Tunnel and the development of a third airport (together with deep-water seaport) at Maplin, all continued until he lost power".

Two astronauts, one of which is Richard Nixon, are floating in space and heading towards the moon. The moon has "Economic miracle" written across it and the astronauts have jettisoned their space ship, which has broken apart into two pieces. One of these pieces has "Stage two" written on it, but a third piece is missing [which the astronauts need].

Photographs selected from the Gemini Photograph Library related to the Bahamas.
GP343 Nassau - CHOGM with Margaret Thatcher, [1985]
GP344 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Nassau, 1985
GP1141 First black cabinet of the Bahamas with the British Governor. Front: Premier Lynden O Pindling (who is also Minister for Tourism and Development) and Sir Ralph Grey. Left to right: Cecil V Wallace Whitfield, Minister for Works; Milo D Butler, Minister for Health and Welfare; Arthur D Hanna, Minister for Education; Clarence A Bain, Minister without Portfolio, Jeffrey M Thompson, Minister for Internal Affairs; Carleton E Francis, Minister for Finance; Randol F Fawkes, Minister for Labour and Commerce; Warren J Levarity, Minister for Out Islands Affairs; Dr Curtis C McMillan, Minister for Communications; and Senator Clement T Maynard, Minister without Porfolio in the Senate. (information taken from caption on negative - not retained). Photograph by William Roberts for the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism.
GP1142 Photograph of Lynden Pindling, prime minister of the Bahamas taken at the 1977 Commonwealth Conference
GP1143 Pindling [with his wife] at the Commonwealth Conference, 1977
GP1221 Nassau CHOGM, 1985 by Charles Davies

Maps, charts and illustrations, produced by Gemini News Service, relating to the Bahamas.

Maps, charts and illustrations, produced by Gemini News Service, relating to Bahrain.

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Two illustrative portraits of Bakili Muluzi, with one featuring Hastings Banda.

Notebook, written mostly in shorthand, containing notes on: Oryx and zoos; diplomatic relations between Somalia and Great Britain; journalist training course at the Royal College and the freedom of the press in Kenya; political parties in Uganda (UPC and KY); education in Buganda; and politics in Ugandan kingdoms.

Names featured include: Maurice A Machris, Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, John Wasswa, [Milton] Obote, Sepiriya Masembe Kabal, Mayanja and Francis Walugembe.

Transcribed in 2021 as part of the Clyde Sanger shorthand transcription project with funding from The National Archive's Collaborate and Innovate Testbed Fund. The pdf transcription document also contains a digitised copy of the notebook.

Nigel Lawson is shown washing clothes as Margaret Thatcher looks out to the North Sea. Lawson is using the 'New! Interest Rates' to wash them as the 'Balance of Payments' have been hung out to dry.