Although the other items are foodstuffs, it wouldn't surprise me at all if this actually did refer to a radio. Meissner (note correct spelling) was a well-known radio manufacturer of the era and sold a lot of "morale radios" to the troops at low cost.
See here, for example: http://www.ohio.edu/people/postr/bapix/Ms9_1085.htm That one isn't actually a ham radio, but the point is that Meissner (a) made ham radios, (b) was well-known at the time, and (c) was heavily involved in the war. It would not be at all surprising to find that WSC was quite aware of them and could casually refer to a Meissner radio in this fashion, confident that the recipient would also know what he was talking about. - Chris Dunford -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 1:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Meisner ham at Chartwell, 1945 In researching my book, Dinner with Churchill, I too was flummoxed by this ham name and so left it out of the book. Cita Stelzer Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: "Antoine Capet" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 17:36:46 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [ChurchillChat] Meisner ham at Chartwell, 1945 Dear all, In his letter to CSC dated 11 August 1947, WSC mentions that his visitors from Time-Life "brought as goodwill offerings Cigars, Brandy, a Meisner ham & lots of chocolate for you". Searches on Google only produce references to radio hams : surely he must have been referring to the food product in those days of severe rationing in the UK ? What sort of ham was / is Meisner ham, if anybody knows ? Thank you all in advance for any enlightenment. Professor Antoine CAPET, FRHistS Head of British Studies University of Rouen 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan France [email protected] 'Britain since 1914' Section Editor Royal Historical Society Bibliography Reviews Editor of CERCLES http://www.cercles.com/review/reviews.html -- 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.
