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What Was Churchill's Fulneral Like?
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We must have quite a few members who remember this
Was there as much controversy as there is now with MT's fulneral?
In some quarters he was a contraversial figure - Gallipoli, botched return to the gold standard, troops and miners
Booed in some places campaigning after the war when people wanted 'a land fit for heroes' not 'back to the 30s'
Television was more highly censored for 'appropriateness' then but what did people say in the streets and pubs - did everybody forget the controversies and just concentrate on those 6 war years?
Was there as much controversy as there is now with MT's fulneral?
In some quarters he was a contraversial figure - Gallipoli, botched return to the gold standard, troops and miners
Booed in some places campaigning after the war when people wanted 'a land fit for heroes' not 'back to the 30s'
Television was more highly censored for 'appropriateness' then but what did people say in the streets and pubs - did everybody forget the controversies and just concentrate on those 6 war years?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Funnily enough Churchill did not become PM until after the war had started, in May 1940, after Chamberlain resigned. He was already 65 years old.
And it seems his election as PM was not that popular at the time.
I think if he had died aged 64 he would have been remembered as a somewhat failed politician.
And it seems his election as PM was not that popular at the time.
I think if he had died aged 64 he would have been remembered as a somewhat failed politician.
the barge is the bit i remember the most, it was a cold miserable day but of course we watched it in black and white. i was 10 years old and i assume we had been at school and watched it on the news but maybe we had a day off?
He had been a soldier too and a decorated one at that and so his military style state funeral was highly appropriate
He had been a soldier too and a decorated one at that and so his military style state funeral was highly appropriate
I was in the RAF at the time and lined the route on Ludgate hill. the Two main things I remember were the bitter cold and the complete silence of the huge crown. We knew hundreds of people were standing behind us but you couldn't hear a thing, not even a cough, it was eerie. I felt sorry for the Guardsmen having to carry the lead lined coffin into St Paul's Cathedral.
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