[ChurchillChat] Re: The Story of the Malakand Field Force

2008-08-25 Thread chateaustegosaurus
My copy is the 1989 British edition published by Leo Cooper and has all the maps.  Hope this helps.   Jonathan Hayes -- Original message from Alex Calvo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -- Hi,   I would like to buy a copy of this book but from some Amazon comments it seems no

[ChurchillChat] Re: Winston Churchills children

2008-09-18 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Everything I've seen is that WSC went out of his way to be a good parent to his childen, remembering his own childhood.  That's what should be emphasized; far too many "great men" made much less effort than Churchill - remember where he was when WWI broke out?  In Norfolk, on the beach with h

[ChurchillChat] WSC and Dr. Crippen

2008-10-01 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I assume many of you have seen the PBS documentary on the Dr. Crippen case.  It occurred when WSC was Home Secretary and he signed off on the death warrant.  Given the evidence at the time, I can't disagree with his decision, especially given his well-known (from his Boer War experiences) empa

[ChurchillChat] A Passing of a Great Sailor

2008-10-06 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Ted Briggs, the last surviving of the three survivors of HMS Hood, has died at age 85.  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3140770/Ted-Briggs.html   We shall not see their like again.  Ave atque vale.   Jonathan Hayes

[ChurchillChat] Re: NEW BOOK BY ANDREW ROBERTS

2008-10-09 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Michael Barthorp calls it "The Anglo-Boer War" and this is probably the most historically correct term as both sides did their darndest to keep the black population out of the conflict.  When I was living in Britain, WWI was always referred to as "the Kaiser's War" and WWII "Hitler's War".  C

[ChurchillChat] Re: Election 2008

2008-11-05 Thread chateaustegosaurus
"Trust the people" was of course a phrase he inherited from his father.  I can't disagree with that phrase -it's probably the best succinct _expression_ of true democracy ever written (or spoken? - assistance please !!)   The true test of democracy is not how you get the scum in  -  it's how

[ChurchillChat] Re: Langworth's New Book

2008-11-19 Thread chateaustegosaurus
As a quotation freak myself, I'm not amazed at how many quotations are recycled.  I'm sure it would not be difficult to find that many of Churchill's "bon-est" mots came from previous sources.  But why should this be a deprecation?  Surely it is a tribute to Churchill that he knew how to quot

[ChurchillChat] Churchill and Witchcraft

2008-11-21 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I recently noticed a mention of Helen Duncan in a book in a used book store (that's where you find all the books you didn't know you wanted), who was tried and convicted in England of witchcraft!  The illustrations included a minute from WSC to the Home Secretary asking why "this obsolete tomf

[ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill and Witchcraft

2008-11-21 Thread chateaustegosaurus
OOps, I forgot to say this was in April, 1944.   Jonathan Hayes -- Original message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -- I recently noticed a mention of Helen Duncan in a book in a used book store (that's where you find all the books you didn't know you wanted), who was tried a

[ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill and Witchcraft

2008-11-21 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Hmm  There certainly was a lot of paranoia before the D-Day landings.  I seem to recall investigations of crossword puzzles whose clues were the codewords of various D-Day operations.  But, still. a Witchcraft Act!!!  The mind boggles.  At least she wasn't executed.  Exodus 22:18.   J

[ChurchillChat] Re: WSC & champagne

2008-12-17 Thread chateaustegosaurus
The sparkling wine producers of the Champagne region of France have waged a quite successful legal campaign to prohibit any sparkling wine from other than the Champagne region of France from using any word even resembling "champagne" to describe their product, claiming consumers would be fool

[ChurchillChat] River War

2008-12-20 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Any estimated pub date on Prof. Muller's eagerly awaited annotated "River War"?   Yes, we ARE looking forward to instantly grapping a copy.   Jonathan Hayes

[ChurchillChat] Joan Bright Astley

2009-01-04 Thread chateaustegosaurus
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5446082.ece   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4077305/Joan-Bright-Astley.html   Jonathan Hayes

[ChurchillChat] Re: Modern World Leaders' Views on Churchill

2009-01-16 Thread chateaustegosaurus
"General Eisenhower on the Military Churchill  -  a Conversation with Alistair Cooke", W.W. Norton & Co., 1970   Jonathan Hayes -- Original message from "Scott Manning" : -- Hello All,I'm trying to find quotes by some world leaders of the past few decades discussing th

[ChurchillChat] Elizabeth Nel

2009-01-26 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Those of us on the 1999 South Africa trip will have great memories of Elizabeth Nel and her husband Frans.  You may find this link interesting.   http://www.foxnews,com/story/0,2933,482148,00.html     Jonathan Hayes

[ChurchillChat] Re: the river war

2009-01-31 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Since Prof. Muller is doing it, we can expect that it will be (a) definitive, and (b) well-organized and put together.  Believe me, this is not a combination often seen in scholarly works.  I sometimes think one requirement for a PhD is to have flunked English composition.   I am certainly no

[ChurchillChat] Re: Francis Neilson's The Tragedy of Europe

2009-02-27 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Neilson obviously can't have a very high opinion of prewar European leaders if he does think they were less tyrannical than Hitler.  You have to be strong to be a tyrant and none of the democratic ones were.  Who was this General Robert Wood?  The name is not familiar.   Jonathan Hayes --

[ChurchillChat] Re: Lord Moran's Book on WSC

2009-04-22 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Holmes was inconsistent in this:  I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.  A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge that might be useful to him gets crowd

[ChurchillChat] Re: Book Recommendation

2009-04-22 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Hoo, boy!  Getting into dangerous waters here, chaps!  However, Churchill was an excellent athlete (fencing, polo), physically brave (almost to the point of foolhardiness), a lover of fine cigars and whisky.  You can choose the Churchill you want.   Jonathan hayes -- Original mess

[ChurchillChat] Re: Let's push for a moritorium on politicians (and pundits) invoking Churchill

2009-04-30 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Pol Roger champagne, of course.   Jonathan Hayes -- Original message from Anthony Calabrese : -- Occasionally, we have gotten into heated discussions on this list for someone invoking Churchill in support of a current political position, be it Iraq, Iran, taxes, soci

[ChurchillChat] Re: Fox News slander Churchill

2009-05-12 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Well, well.  You learn something new everyday.  I had no idea anybody paid any attention anymore to MSNBC's ravings.  I wouldn't believe them if they said today was Tuesday.   Jonathan Hayes -- Original message from Rich H : -- > > I don't know if the Churchill family

[ChurchillChat] Mangled Quote

2009-05-12 Thread chateaustegosaurus
In today's Wall Street Journal, Dennis Berman in his column, "The Game", states:  "As Winston Churchill might put it, GMAC is a financial black hole stuffed into a governance black box."   He couldn't have stretched or twisted that one much more!  Poor Sir Winston - the things done in his name

[ChurchillChat] Re: Fox News slander Churchill

2009-05-12 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Ah, well, ah, well.  I don't watch Fox and, in spite of what my wife says, I'm not a lunatic.  However, since I am a combat veteran, I am a potential terrorist.    Jonathan Hayes -- Original message from "Smith, James M" : -- Well, well.  We are not all Fox lunatics

[ChurchillChat] Air & Space Magazine

2009-05-24 Thread chateaustegosaurus
The latest issue of Air & Space magazine - a Smithsonian publication - has a very good article "Travels with Churchill".  I know all listmembers will enjoy it.  We will have one quibble  -  the lead photo was not taken in 1942, but in 1944 and it's not just any "anxious young soldier" in the p

[ChurchillChat] Re: Thoughts and Adventures

2009-05-28 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I guess we all would prefer hardbacks but the cost differential is something horrendous.  Publishers make economic decisions on these things.  It's been a number of years since I've spent much time in France, but it used to be practically no books there were hardback.   Jonathan Hayes ---

[ChurchillChat] Bletchly Park

2009-06-04 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Reading the obituary of an English clergyman whom I'd known slightly, I saw the statement that his fluency in the Russian language had helped him greatly at Bletchly Park in WW2.I am certainly not surprised that the British were spying on the Russians - it would have been quite irresponsible o

[ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill "did not like to visit hospitals"

2009-06-22 Thread chateaustegosaurus
One question would be, was it part of his job to visit hospitals?  The only time that I can think of when it would have been was when he was a battalion commander in the Royal Scots Fusiliers when (if possible) it would have been part of his job to have visited wounded from his command.  Of c

[ChurchillChat] Re: "good history, like good architecture, needs symmetry"

2009-06-26 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Architecture needs symmetry?   Jonathan Hayes -- Original message from "Antoine Capet" : -- > > Seen in a review tonight (last sentence): > > "as John Buchan liked to remind his friend Winston Churchill, good history, > like good architecture, needs symmetry" > > http:

[ChurchillChat] Re: Was Churchill influenced by Lloyd George

2009-07-16 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Lloyd George actually was a pretty good manager of the war  -  much better than Asquith.  Where he fell down  -  and this was a mistake Churchill did NOT make  -  was in failing to sack Haig.  That the German offensives of 1918 failed was solely due to the resilience of the French poilus and

[ChurchillChat] Re: WSC and EMK

2009-08-29 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I will not bring politics into the discussion.  But I refuse to believe that WSC would ever have acted as despicably as the late Senator Kennedy did at Chappaquiddick.  Had he not been a Kennedy in Massachusetts, he would have spent a goodly number of years in the slammer.   The media has bee

[ChurchillChat] Re: WSC and EMK

2009-08-29 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I do suppose that Teddy Kennedy had an occasional nip, but I don't recall that ever having an effect on him in his work so I would regard that as irrelevant.  Booze does not seem to have been a problem for him.  I know there are innuendos, but I prefer to stick to hard facts.   According to h

[ChurchillChat] Speech-writing

2009-10-04 Thread chateaustegosaurus
It is my understanding that WSC wrote all his own speeches himself (probably a good part of the reason they were so good).  I also believe that was normal procedure during that time.  Does anyone know when that salutory practice went out of fashion?  With the current proliferation of speechwri

[ChurchillChat] Re: Dinners with Churchill

2009-10-10 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I couldn't find Dinners with Churchill on amazon.co.uk either.  Where would it be available?   Dinner with Mugabe  -  that's a pretty big contrast!   Jonathan Hayes -- Original message from "Antoine Capet" : -- > > > Neither did I. My first "hit" on Amazon.com when ent

[ChurchillChat] Re: Winston Churchill Essay - Help Please

2009-10-20 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Churchill was playing poker there too.  "Don't just assume you'll get the Royal Navy.  If you don't help us survive now, it might be the Germans who get the Royal Navy."  I have no doubt FDR understood WSC's meaning loud and clear.   Steel true, blade straight   Jonathan Hayes     ---

[ChurchillChat] Re: Winston Churchill Essay - Help Please

2009-10-20 Thread chateaustegosaurus
It's not a quote and I didn't mean it as such.  It's my view of the essence of the message that I believe Churchill was trying to send.  No one - let alone Churchill - would ever have put it so bluntly.  If you look at what was going on between them  -  this is the message Churchill was conve

[ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill Still Influencing Politics

2009-10-23 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I suppose it's too much to ask that people follow our Patron's strictures about never assuming what Churchill would do in a modern situation.  Sometimes it's harmless  -  "would Chuchill Twitter?"  -  but more often it seems to follow the logic pattern:   Churchill did things which were coura

[ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill Still Influencing Politics

2009-10-23 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I'll buy off on the wit  -  as for the rest:  his great friend, Lord Birkenhead said "When Winston is right, he is very right.  When he is wrong, oh my God."   Jonathan Hayes -- Original message from "Linne, Walter P" : -- Winston Churchill was a product of his

[ChurchillChat] Re: Question about uniform

2009-11-04 Thread chateaustegosaurus
According to Newman's Birsds of South Africa, the sakabulu is the long-tailed widowbird and is noted as a "common resident".   Jonathan Hayes -- Original message from "Paul Courtenay" : -- > > The best authority is Doug Russell in his 2005 book "Winston Churchill, > So

Re: [Bulk] [ChurchillChat] Re: "The Churchill Arms" : "not worth a detour"

2009-11-09 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I don't care if it's called The Churchill Arms or The Flying Thundermug, the only relevant concern is, does it have Real Ale?  If yes, then go and happily quaff a pint.  Otherwise eschew the premises for an establishment where Mine Host draws the proper cask-conditioned.   Jonathan Hayes

[ChurchillChat] Edward R. Murrow

2009-11-17 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I'm sure everyone found the article on Egbert Roscoe in the latest Finest Hour to be of interest. I think you'll also find the following site of interest. Have your sound on and play the attached mp3 file. http://www.otr.com/orch_hell.shtml Jonathan Hayes -- You received this message becaus

[ChurchillChat] Duke of Windsor "Plot"

2009-11-22 Thread chateaustegosaurus
If this is true, it's more bizarre than normal. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/6624594/Revealed-the-Duke-and-Duchess-of-Windsors-secret-plot-to-deny-the-Queen-the-throne.html It's obvious WSC had no inkling of this. Had he known of it, I think Britain's first thermon

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: WSC--Hope

2009-12-31 Thread chateaustegosaurus
The "Deserve Victory" poster appears to be a "son of" the iconic Kitchener poster "Your Country Needs You" which was cloned into Uncle Sam for the United States. Hardly surprising - when you've got somethin that works that well, milk it! The change of phrase comes out just right. Jonathan Hay

Re: [ChurchillChat] Washington Times photograph

2010-01-06 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Good question - it's obviously winter and out-of-doors. It's in an industrial setting ("cloth-cap" workers in background). Churchill's binoculars are official RAF Observer Corps issue. There are a number of photos of Churchill with binoculars, but the only one I can think of where he had th

RE: [ChurchillChat] Sutherland's Churchill portrait

2010-01-24 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I think Clementine did the world a service. Does anyone know what Sutherland's personal feelings toward Churchill were? It's looks like the sort of painting you'd do of someone you didn't like very well. Jonathan Hayes -- Original message from richard geschke : -- No

Re: [ChurchillChat] Charles Osgood (CBS): A Quick Read on Churchill

2010-01-24 Thread chateaustegosaurus
If you've been to Chartwell, you've undoubtably noticed that the bricks were laid with truly professional skill. Indeed, as many have noticed, Churchill was a member of the bricklayers' union. Churchill did a number of various things in his life, but it should be noted that he never did anythi

Re: [ChurchillChat] Was Churchill a Bully?

2010-02-23 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I think the most significant thing about all this is how Churchill, after all these years, keeps getting dragged out as a symbol of what ever the latest hobby horse is. Much more than FDR or Eisenhower, for example. Poor WSC; he wouldn't recognize most of this from Adam. Any really great man

[ChurchillChat] Winston Churchill (Grandson) Death

2010-03-03 Thread chateaustegosaurus
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/7352232/Winston-Churchill.html This does not give the cause of death. Jonathan Hayes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to churchill

Re: [ChurchillChat] Winston Churchill (Grandson) Death

2010-03-03 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Darn good question, Antoine. While I don't know the answer, I would suspect that (as is usually the case), the Daily Telegraph was providing the financial backing for the project - which undoubtably was extremely expensive. Jonathan Hayes -- Original message from "Antoine Capet" :

Re: [ChurchillChat] Cartoons

2010-03-20 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Dunno about online resources, but the book "W.S.C. A Cartoon Biography" by Fred Urquhart (Cassells, 1955) should give you everything you're looking for. www.bookfinder.com has it readily available for under $20. Jonathan Hayes -- Original message from Perpetuo991 : --

Re: [ChurchillChat] Churchill photo help

2010-04-04 Thread chateaustegosaurus
There are several photos of WSC wearing that outfit on the "Prince of Wales" in 1940 - which would be stretching the defintion of "Royal Tacht" quite a bit! But I'm wondering - is that uniform really that of the Royal Yacht Squadron or is it that of Trinity House? Jonathan Hayes --

[ChurchillChat] Lawrence Farm

2010-04-29 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I'll be making a trip to the WW1 battlefields - Ypres and the Somme - in a couple of weeks, and, of course, one of the places I'd like to see is Lawrence Farm, Churchill's HQ. Only where, exactly, is it? None of the Churchillian histories are any help; Major and Mrs. Holt say nothing about it

Re: [ChurchillChat] Churchill's "worst" decision may have been among his best.

2010-05-01 Thread chateaustegosaurus
You are right; Greece was one of Il Duce's mistakes. He was jealous of Hitler's successes and wanted one of his own. Hitler was not a happy camper when he heard about it. What is being neglected is that Yugoslavia had also gone pro-Ally. Hitler could not have invaded Russia with that flank o

Re: Fwd: Re: [ChurchillChat] Lawrence Farm

2010-05-01 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Thanks to all who responded on this thread. A great bunch of people. I'll still be in France when Jim Lancaster goes, so I won't be able to give him any assistance, but hopefully with the information he has from this thread he won't need more from my poor efforts. I, and I am certain, Jim wil

[ChurchillChat] Seventy Years Ago Today

2010-05-10 Thread chateaustegosaurus
At six p.m., WSC was asked by King George VI to form a government. He said he would do so. A great moment in history. Jonathan Hayes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to churchillc...@googlegr

Re: [ChurchillChat] Seventy Years Ago Today

2010-05-10 Thread chateaustegosaurus
You are SO right! That must have been an amazing moment. I figured all Churchillians were already familiar with that, so didn't clutter it up. But it says volumes about both WSC and George VI - all positive. I'm afraid they don't make them like that any more. Jonathan Hayes -- Or

Re: [ChurchillChat] Outraged, amused, or..?

2010-07-14 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I hate to say it, Carey, but this sort of stuff is practically être de rigueur these days.  The only thing that works is to be savage - calling them intellectually inferior for trying to rewrite history.  I hate not being nice, but being nice in these cases is water off a duck's back.   Jonathan

Re: [ChurchillChat] ‘Four types of mass murderer : Stalin, Hitler, Churchill, Truman’

2010-07-17 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Didn't Churchill say apropos of another subject entirely "This is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put?"  I spent a lot of time in the U.S. Air Force sitting nuclear alert.  On that basis, perhaps Mr. Lackey would therefore categorize me as a potential mass murderer and state terror

Re: [ChurchillChat] Churchill the pop star

2010-07-22 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I am as fusty an old curmudgeon as anyone on this listserv.  I personally would not go for this sort of thing  -  BUT, I'm not trying to sell anything to anybody.  Big difference.   If this sort of stuff appeals to the younger set, why not make use of it to get your message across?  Sounds perfe

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: When did the tide turn?

2010-08-05 Thread chateaustegosaurus
This is really a two part question.  First, is when did the forward motion of the Axis stop and second, when did the forward motion of the Allies start?   I would say, in the West, it was Alamein and Torch.  In the Pacific, Guadalcanal for both.  In Russia, Kursk for the first, not sure about the

Re: [ChurchillChat] Churchill Adult Ed minicourse - solicitng suggestions

2010-08-05 Thread chateaustegosaurus
One area which has always surprised me a bit as not getting a lot of interest is Churchill the athlete.  He was public school fencing champion and scored two of the four goals in the polo match when the 4th Hussars won the champoinship.  He continued playing polo into his fifties.  Worth a menti

[ChurchillChat] Tory Democracy

2010-08-12 Thread chateaustegosaurus
It's always a good day when the latest Finest Hour pops through the mail slot.  I noticed a page on "Tory Democracy".  I recall reading somewhere that someone asked Lord Randolph what Tory Democracy was.  He replied "I'm not sure, but I believe it is principally opportunism."    Si non è vero, è

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: "Hussein Onyango Obama... tortured onChurchill's watch"

2010-08-22 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I make it a habit to fact check absolutely everything I read as I am very much aware of confirmation bias (i.e., if you think person X is a low-down ornery polecat who would steal the wheels off a baby carriage, and someone says X cheats at cards, you'll probably believe it.  But do you know whe

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: "Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier"

2010-08-26 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Which just goes to show there is nothing new under the sun and WSC's admonition "Study history!" is always relevant.  The Venetians attached sponsons to their warships to shallow their draft enough to enable them to enter the lagoon.  I doubt the Venetians were the first to do this sort of thing

Re: [ChurchillChat] Churchill on Physical Fitness

2010-08-28 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Churchill was not unathletic, however.  Public schools fencing champion, scored two of the four goals in the polo match where the 4th Hussars won the championship, played polo into his fifties.  Probably more of a jock than the Governor.   Jonathan Hayes --- On Fri, 8/27/10, David Freeman wrot

Re: [ChurchillChat] Pearl Harbor. Recently reported: is it correct?

2010-09-13 Thread chateaustegosaurus
This does not pass the smell test.  Excuse me, but would anyone in anything resembling their right mind acquiese to the serious degredation of their fighting force - just to persuade another person to come in?   This proposition is put forth by complete and utter fools.  I am getting a little to

Re: [ChurchillChat] The New Battle of Britain - Standpoint Magazine

2010-10-10 Thread chateaustegosaurus
A somber analysis.  Unfortunately, I must agree with much of it.  In regards to the present lamentable recrudescence of anti-Semitism, both in Europe and the United States, I have always regarded anti-Semitism as an infallible indication of interlectual inferiority.   Jonathan Hayes --- On Wed,

[ChurchillChat] Bendor

2010-10-28 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Probably many of you already know this, but for the benefit of those who don't:   I've always been mildly intrigued by WSC's friend Bendor, Duke of Westminister.  "Bendor" sounds a bit odd to transatlantic ears, but then so do a lot of otther English names, so didn't give it further tho

[ChurchillChat] River War

2010-11-27 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I, of course, fully recognize Prof. Muller's most assiduous efforts and understand that publishers' time tables are measured in millenia, but would it be possible to have a progress report on the annotated River War?   I admire Prof. Muller's restraint.  At this point, I would be interviewing as

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Mail Online pictures : Defacing the Cenotaph, urinating on Churchill... how young thugs at student protest broke every taboo

2010-12-11 Thread chateaustegosaurus
To say this is really bad is an understatement.  I have no sympathy with them  -  many an American family would be thrilled to only be paying L9,000 a year for college instead of the $50,000 which is becoming the norm here.   We really can't compare  -  in the '30s the Oxford Union debated "Resol

[ChurchillChat] Stalin vs. Churchill and Roosevelt

2011-01-03 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Check out http://www.historynet.com/stalin-the-puppetmaster.htm   Basically, it proposes that Stalin was a far better negotiator than either WSC or FDR and so was able to get everything he wanted without giving anything up.  I found it a very interesting article.   Jonathan Hayes -- You receive

Re: [ChurchillChat] Stalin vs. Churchill and Roosevelt

2011-01-03 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Stalin was going to take it, no question.  But WSC and FDR didn't have to agree.   Jonathan Hayes --- On Mon, 1/3/11, Carey Stronach wrote: From: Carey Stronach Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Stalin vs. Churchill and Roosevelt To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 5:2

Re: [ChurchillChat] Stalin vs. Churchill and Roosevelt

2011-01-03 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I didn't say they should have taken military action - that would have been obviously impossible.  The electorate in neither Britain or America would have stood for it.  But there was leverage.  We'll probably never know the full impact of Lend Lease on Russia, but it was significant.  Stalin was

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: The King's Speech

2011-01-28 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Edward III?  Wasn't he dead?   Jonathan Hayes --- On Fri, 1/28/11, Stan A. Orchard wrote: From: Stan A. Orchard Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: The King's Speech To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, January 28, 2011, 1:44 PM It should be pointed out that the abdication crisis wa

[ChurchillChat] Cavalry charge

2011-02-19 Thread chateaustegosaurus
As Churchillians, I imagine we have at least a passing interest in cavalry charges, so I thought this obit might not be totally off-topic.   Jonathan Hayes   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8334018/Mario-Traverso.html   -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

RE: [ChurchillChat] "I see little glory in an Empire which can rule the waves and is unable to flush its sewers".

2011-02-23 Thread chateaustegosaurus
For those unacquainted with wastewater treatment, sewers are not generally "flushed".  They are usually designed to gravity flow to the treatment plant, or, if gravity flow is not sufficient, pumping stations are included in the plan.  There is never any "flushing" as we would generally understa

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: "Churchill Painting for Sale"

2011-03-16 Thread chateaustegosaurus
The painting is listed as C247 in David Coombs' book, Sir Winston Churchill's Life Through his Paintings, circa 1930, Pont du Gard.  Owned by Arabella Churchill and sold at Sotheby's, New York in 1981 for $10,000.   Jonathan Hayes --- On Wed, 3/16/11, Antoine Capet wrote: From: Antoine Capet

Re: [ChurchillChat] Churchill's old school in the news

2011-03-31 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Well, they probably would have liked it in Churchill's time.  And at least they're getting something for their 30,000 pounds.   Jonathan Hayes --- On Thu, 3/31/11, David Freeman wrote: From: David Freeman Subject: [ChurchillChat] Churchill's old school in the news To: "Churchill Chat" Date:

Re: [ChurchillChat] Churchill x Dowding

2011-04-01 Thread chateaustegosaurus
If it hadn't been for Dowding, the Battle of Britain would have been lost.  It was Dowding who pushed the development of radar (Prof. Lindemann was opposed to it), it was Dowding who pushed the development and acquisition of the eight-gun fighter.  It was Dowding who established the command and

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Never Treacherous

2011-06-22 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Another thing that I've been thinking about recently is Churchill's moral courage.  I think especially of his "blood, toil, tears and sweat" speech.  He'd only been Prime Minister a few days.  There were many in his own party who distrusted him and felt Halifax should have been made PM; he depen

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Accomplices : Churchill, Roosevelt and the Holocaust

2011-08-14 Thread chateaustegosaurus
The horrors of the Holocaust were certainly real, but one has to ask the question, what COULD have been done?  And, realistically, the answer has to be - not much.  The Holocaust occurred in the geographic middle of the Nazi empire, well away from any possible military action.  Those suggesting

[ChurchillChat] Author Put-down

2011-11-11 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I've recently published my own book - which has nothing to do with WSC which is why I haven't posted it on the listserv. I don't like to go off-topic. But it got me thinking about a probably apocryphal Churchill story. It seems WSC sent a copy of one of his books to his cousin, Lord Londonderr

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Author Put-down

2011-11-12 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I could easily be wrong on who it was. These type of stories have a habit of attaching themselves to all sorts of people. Still, the family may have thought it was funny - it is the type of thing which is funny well afterward, but I wonder what WSC thought? Jonathan _

[ChurchillChat] Churchill Quote

2011-11-29 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I was reading an article in which WSC was quoted: "the Balkans produce more history than they can consume." Felicitous turn of phrase! But - is it real? If so, where did he say it? Jonathan Hayes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat"

[ChurchillChat] Churchill in the News

2011-12-05 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I noticed a headline in the Daily Telegraph - "Winston Churchill made history - David Cameron never will". Leaving aside the article content - which I wasn't interested in anyway - I had to take note that almost 50 years after his death, WSC is still headline material. As Churchill Centre m

Re: [ChurchillChat] British High Commissioner on hand to launch Churchill Society in Ottawa

2011-12-07 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Somehow when I see the word "launch", I always think of smacking a bottle of champagne across the bow. Hope that didn't happen in Ottawa. Best Churchillian wishes to Ottawa - we're thrilled to have you on board! Jonathan Hayes From: John David Olsen To: C

[ChurchillChat] Christmas, 1941

2011-12-10 Thread chateaustegosaurus
In case you haven't heard this. Download it and play it for your family on Christmas Eve. http://www.otr.com/ra/christmas/1941-12-24 MBS White House Christmas Tree Ceremony.mp3 Jonathan Hayes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group.

[ChurchillChat] Christmas, 1941 - directions

2011-12-10 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Clicking on the link ain't going to work; you have to type the whole thing in - including the spaces indicated. Bit of a nuisance. Jonathan Hayes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to churchillc

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Cita Stelzer

2011-12-15 Thread chateaustegosaurus
You can get it now at www.amazon.co.uk. I've ordered many books from them and they have no problem in shipping to the former colonies. My recently published book, No Lilies or Violets, is also available from amazon.co.uk, as well as amazon.com. (Shameless self-promotional plug). Best regards

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Cita Stelzer

2011-12-15 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Well, I figured that Canadians would have the sophisticated discernment to appreciate true quality writing. And as Churchill wrote to his mother (this may not be 100% correct). "This is a pushing age and we must push as hard as we can." I've ordered Cita Stelzer's book. Jonathan Hayes __

Re: [ChurchillChat] Yet Another Churchill Quote?

2012-01-21 Thread chateaustegosaurus
That sounds very un-Churchillian to me. Both his physical and moral courage were of very high calibre. Jonathan Hayes From: Stan A. Orchard To: ChurchillChat Sent: Sat, January 21, 2012 1:57:30 PM Subject: [ChurchillChat] Yet Another Churchill Quote? Wit

[ChurchillChat] Churchill-related eBooks

2012-01-29 Thread chateaustegosaurus
"South African Memories" by Lady Sarah Wilson, WSC's aunt is available for free download at gutenberg.org and is a jolly good read. The Boer War from the other side of South Africa than where WSC was. Quite a feisty lady! The Malakand Field Force and River War are also available for free down

Re: [ChurchillChat] Sinews of Peace Significance and weight ?

2012-02-08 Thread chateaustegosaurus
It seems to have been an instance of "plausible deniability". I would find it very difficult to believe that neither the US nor the British governments knew what he was going to say, but since he was a private citizen and not a governmental office holder (other than MP), they could say it was h

[ChurchillChat] Finest Hour - Action This Day

2012-03-01 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Mr. McMenahim's article states "Only six years later, German civilians were dying of starvation as a consequence of the British fleet's successful blockade of German ports." as though that was something heinous. Excuse me, Mr. McMenahim, but we are talking about war. Those of us who have been

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Finest Hour - Action This Day

2012-03-04 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I stand by my comments, Mr. McMenamin. War is war - it is not a vicar's garden party. Inter arma leges silent as the Romans used to say. Do you really believe there is any such thing as "international law" when a country believes it is fighting for it's life? I would point out that I was

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Finest Hour - Action This Day

2012-03-04 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Boy, did everybody read me wrong. Did I really muck it up that much or does every body have their blinkers on? Jonathan Hayes From: Johan Arve To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, March 4, 2012 10:13:30 PM Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Finest Hou

[ChurchillChat] WSC Goes Electronic

2012-06-18 Thread chateaustegosaurus
According to the Wall Street Journal this morning, Churchill's writings will soon be published in electronic form. I have a sneaking suspicion he would approve. Jonathan Hayes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: WSC Goes Electronic

2012-06-19 Thread chateaustegosaurus
Excellent - very happy to know that. From: "Editor, Finest Hour" To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com Cc: ChurchillChat@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, June 19, 2012 8:12:11 AM Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: WSC Goes Electronic Jonathan: I had the pleasure of helping

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: WSC Goes Electronic

2012-06-20 Thread chateaustegosaurus
www.ManyBooks.net has Malakand Field Force, River War, London to Ladysmith, River War and Liberalism and the Social Problem for free download. I have no idea about what editions these are. www.gutenberg.org has, plus the above and more, South African Memories by Lady Sarah Wilson (WSC's aunt)

Re: [ChurchillChat] "OMG!" Was Fisher the first to use term in letter to Churchill?

2012-08-16 Thread chateaustegosaurus
I think this is a bit of Fisher humor. It appears to be a play on the Order of St. Michael and St. George, which has three ranks: Companion (CMG), Knight Commander (KCMG) and Knight Grand Cross (GCMG). These initials were commonly translated as CMG - "Call Me God", KCMG - "Kindly Call Me God"

Re: [ChurchillChat] Groucho Marx talking about Winston Churchill

2012-11-28 Thread chateaustegosaurus
It's Groucho Marx - who cares whether it's true or not? Jonathan Hayes From: David Freeman To: Churchill Chat Sent: Wed, November 28, 2012 8:11:58 PM Subject: [ChurchillChat] Groucho Marx talking about Winston Churchill Colleagues, I don't know how much

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