with femininity alongside the steel. >> where there is doubt, may we bring faith. and where there is despair, may we bring hope. >> reporter: her longest serving cabinet member remembers this way. >> her style was essentially a determination not to be driven off course. her phraseology there is no alternative demonstrated a clear determination to see tough policies through. >> margaret thatcher grew up here in a solid uncomplicated english market town. and the values that she learned here shaped her entire political ideology. her father, a pillar of the community, ran a corner shop. now a humble medicine store, a modest plaque on the wall is all that testifies to its small place in history. margaret roberts as she was born lived with her parents and sister above the family grocery shop.