Stan, alas, Churchill *did* authorize the use of troops in the miners strikes, though there were extenuating circumstances. The story forms a chapter in my next book, *Winston Churchill, Myth and Reality: Tall Tales, Lies, Fables, Distortions and Things That Go Bump in the Night *(McFarland, 2016). A post on the subject, "Guilty with an Explanation," is in two parts beginning at: https://richardlangworth.com/strikers1
It would have been a fairly normal thing for a spirited nurse like Millie, with a Welsh father (despite her Lancashire accent) to say to WSC in passing, "he was no fan of yours." And for WSC to quip to CSC, "Her father was a literary trade unionist." Churchill did occasionally present people with a current volume of a multi-voume workâthough (whoops) *English-Speaking Peoples *did not begin publishing until 1956. If they were going ignore the date, it should have been *The Great Democracies* (1958), since since Millie was bound for Australia. Thanks for your many erudite comments over the years. On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 5:10:31 PM UTC-4, Stan A. Orchard wrote: > > Of greater concern to me was when Churchill's nurse tells him that he was > not highly regarded by her father after Churchill had sent troops in to > crush striking Welsh miners and Churchill says nothing in response. This > is where injecting a bit of historical accuracy could have helpfully > clarified a persistent slander against Churchill that still routinely crops > up in the media. In the background piece that followed the production the > author spoke of his concern for historical accuracy which simply reinforces > the notion that this slander is accurate as presented.....Churchill > presents his nurse with only one volume of a four-volume set of his History > of the English-speaking Peoples. Would anyone actually do that? > > Stan > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
