A return to a more serious subject this week as we commemorate the death of one of the greatest ever Britons Sir Winston Churchill who died 50 years ago. Read all about how the ladies of the WVS fed 82,000 people queuing along the Embankment for the lying in state in the miserable January weather.
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Best wishes
Matthew
Matthew McMurray BA (Hons), MA, MLitt
Archivist
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