Winston Churchill: A beginner's guide
Bits and pieces
Churchill-Fleming
www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/churchill.htm
Short article on the Truth or Fiction website that debunks
the story that Winston Churchill's father paid for the education of the
discoverer of penicillin ... then, in turn, Winston Churchill's life was
later saved by penicillin.
Havengore London: Her history
www.havengore.com/history.htm
HavengoreSF.html
A detailed description of the arrangements for and proceedings of
Churchill's funeral on 30 January 1965. Full of interesting facts. For
example, did you know that Queen Elizabeth agreed to a state funeral for
the former prime minister more than six years before he died? Or that
Churchill first wanted to be cremated and have his ashes deposited at
his home Chartwell? This is part of a website devoted to Havengore,
the boat that bore Churchill's body down the Thames.
Sorting Out Sir Winston – Chartwell, 1966
www.christopherlong.co.uk/oth/chartwell.html
Interesting article by Christopher Long telling how, as a teenager,
he was asked to help clear out Churchill's home after the former statesman's
death. Plus some reminiscences of the writer as a young boy and his first
meetings with the famous old man.
