Winston Churchill's Olympic speech rediscovered

[Still Waters]

A little-known speech made by Winston Churchill in the run up to the 1924 Paris Olympics has been uncovered in an archive.

The statesman was supporting a 1923 fundraising campaign to enable British athletes to take part in the Games based on merit, not just on whether they could afford it.

The letter was unearthed in the Churchill Archive Centre, part of the University of Cambridge, which holds the World War Two prime minister's papers.

Director Allen Packwood said while most people know Churchill as "the wartime leader and a bigger man", he was a keen sportsman in his youth.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y38984r19o

[Shadowsfall]

A remarkable man……he had his faults but a remarkable man nonetheless……

[Antigonos]

13 minutes ago, Shadowsfall said:

A remarkable man……he had his faults but a remarkable man nonetheless……

Absolutely. He was born for the era in which he lived.

[Shadowsfall]

Totally agree and I’m not sure what kind of world we would live in without him….

Edited August 11 by Shadowsfall