CHURCHILL'S HOME AS MEMORIAL

Chronicle (Levin), 10 August 1946, Page 5

CHURCHILL'S HOME AS MEMORIAL

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Ivccci \ cd Eridav, ] 1.2.3 ji.in. LONDON, August 9. Tlie cmuitry iiomc oi the Ohurchills for tlie ]>as( 24 years, Chartwell Ilonse in \Ve>terliani, Keut, is to lieloag to 1 lie nation. A group of Mr. ( lnrchiJI 's t'rictiiis of varinus politi*n! parties who ili*-ire to remuin anon yniotis, lieaded bv .Mr. X, have boughl the house and S'( a'-res. ,\1 r. Chureiiill and fainiiy will i-oiiliiine t) li\e lliere during his lilfi timi*, lt will then lie hunded to a national trust as a peniianeiit meniorial to the part Mr. Churchill plaved in liislory. lt is stated that the idea of Imying the house originated during oue of th» darkest perlods of the war. Soineoue a-ked M r. Churchill wh-ich of the witr's ha rdsliips lie felt most. lie aua ered : "Bei:g . naltle to go down to V Csterhani. Mr. Cliundiill, in his own phrase, v j - u t many dayi, there "mueking ni.uut " in the orn-.mental lake and juitting up walls as his own bricklaver. After his lit'e tiine the liouse and groiunls will lie ope;i to ihe puhlic and tiic rooms wherein he wor ked will be pieserved as a museuni. ♦ Mr. Cliundiill, with some members oi' liis family, leave aoout August 2-3 for a Swiss holiday. Friends have plticed a villa at tlicir disposal on Lake (Jt'iieva. Mr. Cliundiill will go to l'.e!I|t. on Septenilier 1 0 as the guest of 1 lie Swiss (Joveruiueut at Chateau de l.oha, for two or three days, before ietmiiiiig to Kiurlaud.