They don’t make them like that anymore. Chartwell is a place I have long wished to visit. Kevin
Buying Chartwell for Churchill (c) Jane Risdon 2016
Chartwell from the rear (c)Jane Risdon 2016
(c) Jane Risdon 2016
Late September I was fortunate enough to visit Chartwell, home of Sir Winston Churchill.
‘Some day, some year, there will be old men and women whose pride it will be to say “I lived in Churchill’s time”.’ The Evening Standard on the day of Churchill’s funeral.
A friend’s father – in the Navy at the time – was one of the men to carry Churchill’s coffin to the train for his final journey to Bladen, Oxfordshire, where he is buried.
(c) Jane Risdon 2016
Churchill lived at Chartwell with his family from 1922 until his death in 1965. In common with most people he moved home several times during his life-time, progressing gradually to a larger and grander property as circumstances and his…
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K Morris - Poet 
I remember watching Churchill’s funeral on TV as a child. My parents took me to Chartwell many times, as we lived quite near.
He was a great statesman the like of which I dont believe we have seen since. Its wonderful you where able to see a piece of history by observing Churchill’s funeral. Kevin