Hi Jonathan Not quite, but nearly.
I used to live in Winchester for some years and this was indeed one of those local stories. The natural amphitheatre is called Cheesefoot Head, it's a couple of miles outside Winchester. It is on the other side of the road and a little further away from Ovington, where there is a massive amphitheatre-like depression that you could be confused by - that one is more like a glacial path. Eisenhower addressed troops at Cheesefoot, I think: http://www.bbc.co.uk/hampshire/content/image_galleries/dday_gallery.shtml?6 I think I have read that confirmed somewhere, but don't quote me as I may be just remembering local lore. But I don't think WSC was there. However, they were in the same part of the country together quite a lot. I think they met some troops together in Winchester itself possibly on the same trip. My favourite story is the one about Droxford Railway station, nearby and possible en route. This photo was taken there: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/d/droxford/index16.shtml The train had to move to the nearby tunnel due to an air raid, I think. Anyway, the station is disused, but still there, track and all buildings, but has been converted into a beautiful private house. It came up for sale whilst I was living there, and I had designs on it, sadly unfulfilled! Robert On 28 Oct 2013, at 21:02, [email protected] wrote: > I've recently been told that local lore has it that Churchill and Eisenhower > addressed a large assembly of troops in a natural amphitheater in Ovington, > Hampshire in May, 1944. There's nothing in the official history or > Churchill's memoirs that could confirm it. Does any group member know > whether such an event took place? My own suspicion is that it didn't. > > Best Churchillian regards, > > Jonathan Hayes > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
