Dear anonymous correspondent writing from a Verizon Wireless BlackBerry*, Everyone is entitled to his opinion, and you are perfectly justified in believing that the "Thai" pub in question is pursuing a worthy cause.
Mine however, after giving them some of my hard-won money to buy a pint there, is that the victuallers are only using Churchill's name to lure unwary overseas customers. If they have interesting Churchill memorabilia to show, they conceal them so well in the useless junk which fills their pub that I was unable to identify any in spite of my best efforts. I am rather irritated that so many commercial undertakings only very remotely connected with him - if at all - should use Churchill's name to make money from bona fide admirers of the great man. Best wishes, A.C. *Excellent advertising by the way - except that I have no clue what a Verizon Wireless BlackBerry is and do not want to know. -------------------------------------------------- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 6:47 PM To: <[email protected]> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
