walshie 2,804 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 January 24th 1965. Great man. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/11366018/Winston-Churchill-50-year-anniversary-how-the-UK-honoured-its-wartime-leader.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Nice one Walshie ! We should all be commemorating the life of one of our greatest heroes, not flying flags at half mast for some Arab tyrant !! Can't help thinking that if the great man was here today, things might be a different......... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 31,602 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Lets see how many minutes applause tributes there will be around the football grounds today..........instead of tributes for the local chip shop owner like most weeks !! Makes you laugh dont it when its time for Brits to have a genuine tribute to someone it all gets hushed up......too " British " i suppose ! Edited January 24, 2015 by gnasher16 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,630 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 very well respected man Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tsteve9999 456 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Flawed in many ways but still the greatest Brit of the century imo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marshman 7,758 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 He'd would be called a fascist and nazi be branded as a bigot and hounded out of the country if he was alive and in politics today ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepp 2,285 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Great man, love listening to his words. Unfortunately this is a very different country now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted January 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 He'd would be called a fascist and nazi be branded as a bigot and hounded out of the country if he was alive and in politics today ! Unfortunately that's the price you have to pay nowadays for having a spine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
charlie caller 3,654 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Shame we dont have the likes of him around now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tandors 888 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I wonder if he lived today wether he would regret not accepting the peace offerings from germany and focussed on beating the bigger danger of marxism. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
burnie69 376 Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Saw his personal pair of 12g woodwards last week. Still in the leather case with his name on the top.Think there 112 years old . Still in use able condition but haven't been shot for a while. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oneredtrim 148 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 'Keep the working classes in the pubs and out of the libraries' Was it his sister or sister in law that had to beg him not to go Islamic? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qbgrey 4,386 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Well fight them on the beaches,well fight them in the streets,well fight them in the hills,we will never surrender.(something like that) iron maiden c.mon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepp 2,285 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) 'Keep the working classes in the pubs and out of the libraries' Was it his sister or sister in law that had to beg him not to go Islamic? Two examples of mis-quoted bollocks. Try harder next time redrim Edited January 27, 2015 by shepp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fourlurchers 280 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) 'Keep the working classes in the pubs and out of the libraries' Was it his sister or sister in law that had to beg him not to go Islamic? wasn't it his sister/ in law that was after a bit of publicity at the time? Edited January 27, 2015 by fourlurchers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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