Churchilliana
noun

- Publications, notable sayings, or other items by, relating to, or connected with Sir Winston Churchill

Oxford Dictionary

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ORIGIN

1940s, earliest mention in “The Tucson Daily Citizen”. Derived from the name of Sir Winston Churchill (+ -iana).

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FOR SALE
Sir Winston Churchill’s Slippers

A pair of slippers once owned by Winston Churchill are up for auction in Sussex on the 9th of March, 2021.

The current owner bought the slippers together with a monogrammed brandy bowl at a Sotheby’s auction in 1998. He said:

“I often imagined the great man sitting in his chair with these slippers on and this very glass filled with brandy in his hand. You can’t really beat that.”

The items together are expected to sell for up to £25,000.

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THE BEST CHURCHILL STORY !!

One day, Mr. and Mrs. Churchill were walking through a smart neighbourhood in London. People greeted and exchanged a few words with the Prime Minister.

A street sweeper, however, greeted Mrs. Churchill in particular, and the two stayed aside for a while in familiar conversation. Afterwards, Churchill asked his wife what had taken her so long to discuss with a street sweeper.

“Oh…he was in love with me once a long time ago” she replied.

Churchill smiled and said, “You see, if you had married him, you’d be the wife of a street sweeper today.”

Mrs. Churchill looked at her husband in amazement and said the legendary words:

“But no darling, if I had married him, he would be Prime Minister today”.

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PRACTICE OWAD in a conversation, say something like:

“A lot of CHURCHILLIANA is worth a hundred times what it was 30 years ago.”

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