Thanks Pat, great memories.  No, I was born 6 months later.

Mike

On Friday, October 10, 2014, PatFinn1940 <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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