Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill's farming activities

2015-07-05 Thread David Riddle
Thanks for these confirmations...! - David Riddle White Cottage 4 Sunningvale Avenue Biggin Hill, Westerham Kent TN16 3BT e-Mail: dpreey...@gmail.com

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill's farming activities

2015-07-04 Thread Richard M. Langworth
On domestic animals, see Fred Glueckstein, 'Cats Look Down on You': Churchill's Feline Menagerie, *Finest Hour 139, *the most comprehensive survey of the cat population available. On domestic animals generally see my Churchill and Animals, Part 1, *The Churchillian* (Fulton), Winter 2014-15,

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill's farming activities

2015-07-04 Thread Richard M. Langworth
The Get off you fool! (not bloody fool) cat story is authoritative, from the reliable Elizabeth Nel in *Mr Churchill's Secretary* (Hodder Stoughton, 1958), 74: On the morning in question Mr. Churchill sat in bed and Smokey sat on the blankets watching him. The Prime Minister's telephone

RE: [ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill's farming activities

2015-07-03 Thread Allen Packwood
...@gmail.com Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill's farming activities David: Martin Gilbert Winston S. Churchill, Vols. 5 and 8, and Mary Soames's A Daughter's Tale are laced with references. Since you are in Westerham you should dig up a copy of Percy Reid's Churchill: Townsman of Westerham

[ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill's farming activities

2015-07-01 Thread Richard M. Langworth
David: Martin Gilbert *Winston S. Churchill, *Vols. 5 and 8, and Mary Soames's *A Daughter's Tale* are laced with references. Since you are in Westerham you should dig up a copy of Percy Reid's *Churchill: Townsman of Westerham*, which also covers farming episodes. Reid was a stringer for

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill's farming activities

2015-07-01 Thread 'Antoine Capet' via ChurchillChat
] Re: Churchill's farming activities David: Martin Gilbert Winston S. Churchill, Vols. 5 and 8, and Mary Soames's A Daughter's Tale are laced with references. Since you are in Westerham you should dig up a copy of Percy Reid's Churchill: Townsman of Westerham, which also covers farming episodes