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 >> >> >> >> >> >> -- > 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','churchillchat%[email protected]');> > . > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
