What fantastic mementoes you now own, Mike! Are you old enough to remember when Churchill died?
I was 10 years old in 1965, when I read the news articles about Churchill's final illness and death. I watched the State Funeral on Saturday morning, even though the picture was a bit fuzzy on the screen. As young as I was, I thought it was magnificent. (Ms.) Pat Finnegan Syracuse, NY On Friday, October 10, 2014 11:29:14 AM UTC-4, Mike Campbell wrote: > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ll5jWrqkOiE/VDf5PwZp2OI/AAAAAAAABQ0/u5DTxJdNork/s1600/FullSizeRender.jpg> > > I was very pleased to have recently received copies of material from the > funeral of Winston Churchill, as well as commemorative material from about > that time. They are: the Ceremonial to be Observed, and the Order of > Service at/for the Funeral of The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard > Spencer Churchill; as well as the 63 page, mainly photo, book, "Winston > Churchill: Man of Destiny" by Stafford Northcote. > > My wife's good friend had worked for the late R. Gordon Robertson in > Ottawa until his death last year at age 95. Mr. Robertson had been the > Clerk of the Privy Council (the country's top civil servant) at the time of > WSC's death, and would (I presume) have attended the funeral as a > representative of the Government of Canada. Mr. Robertson's daughter > gifted the material to my wife's friend, who kindly passed them on to me. > > Lovely to have these pieces of history on hand, passed down and along from > someone who I believe was there in person. > > Mike Campbell > Halifax, Nova Scotia > > > > > > -- 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 churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
