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Jun 10, 2006 1:10:06 GMT
Post by mandgc on Jun 10, 2006 1:10:06 GMT
A Poster appeared on British railway stations with a message from Winston Churchill beginning - " It is not given to many to celebrate their Coming of Age after they have celebrated their Centenary - - "
What was the Occasion ?
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Jun 10, 2006 20:25:46 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2006 20:25:46 GMT
Was it Churchill's 100th Birthday?
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Jun 10, 2006 23:43:26 GMT
Post by mandgc on Jun 10, 2006 23:43:26 GMT
100 th.
No, he didn't have one . :-)
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Jun 12, 2006 0:10:59 GMT
Post by mandgc on Jun 12, 2006 0:10:59 GMT
Clue -
The message, from the Prime Minister in 1944 was addressed to British Railways as a whole.
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Jun 12, 2006 0:16:15 GMT
Post by Harsig on Jun 12, 2006 0:16:15 GMT
Clue - The message, from the Prime Minister in 1944 was addressed to British Railways as a whole. Well 1944 is the twenty first anniversary of 1923 which was the date the Big Four Railway Companies came into existence (or got bigger, in one case) |
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Jun 12, 2006 0:16:28 GMT
Post by Chris M on Jun 12, 2006 0:16:28 GMT
nationalisation?
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Jun 12, 2006 2:05:04 GMT
Post by CSLR on Jun 12, 2006 2:05:04 GMT
The message, from the Prime Minister in 1944 was addressed to British Railways as a whole. Is there any maintenance work on the line if I travel to Blenheim this weekend? |
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Jun 12, 2006 10:14:44 GMT
Post by mandgc on Jun 12, 2006 10:14:44 GMT
Congratulations, Harsig . The winner!
The 'Big Four" ( LNER, LMS, SR and the enlarged gwr were the result of the forced 'Grouping" of 123 indepenent Companies.
The 'Centenary' was of the the Stockton and Darlington Rly in 1925.
I think Churchill 'relaxed' at Chequers, Bucks. (calling in at Uxbridge to see how the battle was going ) or at his house at Chartwell, up the road from Biggin Hill. :-)
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