A few years ago I stumbled into a pub in Salisbury called the "Haunch of Venison" that claimed that WSC and Eisenhauer had met there during the planning of the D-Day landings. So I just looked up their website and not that they say, "...reputedly was used by Churchill and Eisenhower during the planning of the D- Day landings" Any info out there on this one? It's a great name for a pub.
Stan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 9:47 AM Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: "The Churchill Arms" : "not worth a detour" > I'm sorry, but you are completely in correct in what you have said. > > The chamber pots are nothing to do with Churchill, but they are something > they have collected. As for the Churchill memorabilia, clearly you don't > know the pub well, (no offense), but have you ever been there at a WSC > event? > > With regard to the food choice, I agree that the menu needs to have > English food as well as anything else they decide to offer, however, I > understand that in that particular area, Thai food is what is demanded > most. > > Please, don't insult a place without looking into it more. How would you > like it if people decided to insult you because you incorporated a worthy > hero of yours in your place of business, but due to overwhelming demand, > you needed to adjust to keep the reminder alive of a great man and a great > time in history when those who fought and stood ground against Germany, > against all odds and alone for a year, determined a future that many today > take for granted? > > I suggest you contact the Landlord directly and ask to see the memorabilia > that he has collected and displays where possible. > > Thank you. > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Antoine Capet" <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:04:51 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [ChurchillChat] "The Churchill Arms" : "not worth a detour" > > > Dear Anthony, > > What Churchill would have been doing so far from his usual haunts is > difficult to imagine. > > I went to that pub a few years ago. I was terribly disappointed by the > various chamber pots and egg whisks which the proprietors unashamedly try > to > use for the decor in order to disguise the absence of real Churchill > stuff. > To make things worse Churchill-wise the restaurant part only served Thai > food: no offence meant to Thailand, but not his daily fare, I believe, and > therefore hardly appropriate to create a Churchill ambience. > > As the Michelin Guide would (not) say, "not worth a detour" ! A tourist > trap, in fact - and very far from any Tube stations. I was angry that I > fell > into it. > ChurchillChat subscribers visiting London should give it a wide berth. > > Antoine Capet > Rouen (France) > ===================== > > > From: Anthony Calabrese > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 9:15 AM > To: List Churchill > Subject: [ChurchillChat] Churchill and Kensington > > > > > > A question for the list. > > I had dinner last night at a pub called "The Churchill Arms" on Kensington > Church Street in Kensington/Notting Hill. In the main room there was a > blue > disk proclaiming that Churchill wrote some of his wartime speeches there. > > Does anyone know if this can be true? I looked through the Jenkins > biography quickly this morning and found nothing to support this. > > Anthony > > > > > > > > > > Windows 7: Unclutter your desktop. Learn more. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
