I didn't realise they'd fenced Downing Street off. I went there in a Student Ragweek in ?1965 and we tried to brick it up, but was manhandled by a policeman out of the way!
Looking forward to the next instalment...
I remember that. Gorgeous 18 year old sort of hippy revolutionist with trowel and bricks started assault on 10 downing st. T'was in all the papers. Was at Castle Drogo yesterday Clary. Just passing.
Hi again.
The life in school has become increasingly difficult. Both from the hard pressure (universally shared and I always believe that I am the rarity who deal with it with optimism and resilience) and many ambiguous problems which everyone of this age suffers from.
So it is ok.
And my trip "memoir" shouldn't stop.
Sometime a person's age is its gift.
Well when I visited the The War Cabinet Rooms & Winston Churchill Museum at no chage instead of paying 10 pounds (140 yuan, 100 tins of coke)just because that I was only one month younger than 15 according to the passport I showed, I made that conclusion.
When Winston Churchill's party unexpectedly lost the election almost immediately after the War, he made this sort of comment. I don't know how you feel, the truth is when I read this, I smiled.
This document clearly illustrated the picture inside the conflicts within anti-fascism nations indirectly as well as profoundly.
All for this week. I still have homework to finish. And set off for dormitory in hours.
See you
Wow. you must certainly have a tight schedule, I sympathise - bet you wish you were back in the laidback atmosphere of the Totnes School of English! Keep going, true grit - something your people know a lot about.
fascinating document JB
Mr Blair has asked me to tell you that it is of great historical significance, and can we have it back please when you've finished your homework.
On the afternoon of that day, Fourth of July( :wink: ), I went back to Heathrow again. There a "leader" should be waiting for me as well as some other students.
I have to say more about Heathrow. When I used to read (mostly glance at pictures of) encyclopedias, I remembered Heathrow as the busiest airport in the world.
It really is! Not mention the "slugwalk", just take a look at the number of terminals it has---4 at present, 1 more in the impending future, while Shanghai Pudong International Airport, even only has 2, it just took me less than one second to get through the passport check when I returned China. Sharp comparison! :wink:
On the night of that day, after 4 hours' sleep in a coach van, and a brief stop right in the middle of the route for a also brief dinner, I arrived Totnes.
If my eyes don't deceive me that's a Hurribus (aka Hurricane).
Lovely buildings behind the war vehicles... I wonder what the one in the second and third photos is.
looks a bit like Harrod's
Parliamen/Westminster Bridge/Whitehall if I'm not totally wrong.
Thanks, Walter. I see it's the Parliament building.
Source
The white building behind the Hurricane (you sure its not a Spitfire gf....I had a little plastic model as a boy ....)
is the Ministry of Defence building on Whitehall. (almost opposite 10 downing street)
I think its hideous. Built in 1930s someone described it as neo-Stalinist, i dont disagree.
The other building is on the Mall (behind the low loader) and might be Clarence House, former home of the Queen Mother.
Yes, the Hurricane was situated in Whitehall street. The artillery was beside the Parliament as well as the bridge from which I can gaze at the London Eye. About that jeep. I remember it was beside St. James Park, near the Admirality Arch, and also on the road leading to the Buckingham Palace as I later learnt (The palace was the place which I regretted not visiting. Just didn't know it was there at that time. Can I use "tantalizing" to describe it considering I was once so near it?)
Yes, that is a fine word for that experience!
goodfielder wrote:If my eyes don't deceive me that's a Hurribus (aka Hurricane).
Nope,It's a Spitfire :wink:
Hang on, I'll have a closer look.
