[Magdalen] Shock in Situ.

[ROGER STOKES]

A few weeks ago there were some retrospectives of the funeral of Winston Churchill 50 years ago using archive footage.  I think that helped remind people of the respect in which he was held, and the honour done him with a state funeral.  Trying to recreate specific aspects of the funeral procession (insofar as that would still be possible) would have been a mistake as it would have been putting on a pointless charade at great expense and onconvenience to ordinary people, most of whom would not have known his significance from personal experience.
Roger
 


     On Sunday, 14 June 2015, 2:21, Clarissa Canning <canplum at gmail.com> wrote:
   

 yes a late reply but I remember as little child lived in Maryland a our
family went someplace and watched a funeral train, this 68 date could be
the one?


On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> From: Jon Egger
>
>  There is a wonderful book called "FDR's Funeral Train", which is a
>> wonderful read if you're interested in FDR and trains.  I felt as though I
>> was on that train heading north to Hyde Park from Georgia.
>>
>
> I second that, wholeheartedly!
>
> I saw the RFK Funeral train in 1968. Some maybe interested in the current
> project to recreate the Lincoln Funeral train.
>
> I;ve read some nice articles on the funeral trains of Arthur, McKinley and
> Harding -- but I don’t think any worth a boo, nor a re-creation.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>