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Sir Winston Churchill's funeral plans sell at auction | |
(about 20 hours later) | |
Meticulous plans detailing Sir Winston Churchill's funeral have been sold at auction. | |
They map out the procession, St Paul's Cathedral ceremony, military flypast, and the coffin's transportation on the Thames and by train to Oxfordshire. | |
Seller Janet Bunnett was given the plans of "Operation Hope Not" by her policeman father, who worked the day of the funeral, on 30 January 1965. | Seller Janet Bunnett was given the plans of "Operation Hope Not" by her policeman father, who worked the day of the funeral, on 30 January 1965. |
They fetched £472 at an auction in Farleigh Court Golf Course in Surrey. | |
Ms Bunnett, of Westerham, Kent, said her father Philip Bainbridge told her people were "running around like scolded chickens" behind the scenes on the day. | Ms Bunnett, of Westerham, Kent, said her father Philip Bainbridge told her people were "running around like scolded chickens" behind the scenes on the day. |
Talking of her father's role, Ms Bunnett said: "He was pretty busy. | Talking of her father's role, Ms Bunnett said: "He was pretty busy. |
"He didn't say an awful lot about it. I think he was sad to have to do it, because he'd been all through the war, and of course Winston Churchill was very famous. | "He didn't say an awful lot about it. I think he was sad to have to do it, because he'd been all through the war, and of course Winston Churchill was very famous. |
"But he just wanted to do it well for the Old Man. So that's what they did, they worked really hard." | "But he just wanted to do it well for the Old Man. So that's what they did, they worked really hard." |
Ms Bunnett said she had auctioned off the documents because she could not choose which of her six grandchildren to pass them on to. | |
"I thought if I could sell it... I could give them £100 each," she added. | "I thought if I could sell it... I could give them £100 each," she added. |
"I know it's not a lot of money, but it would be something from their great granddad." | "I know it's not a lot of money, but it would be something from their great granddad." |
A Winston Churchill Toby jug from 1940 was estimated to sell for between £600 and £1,000, and actually sold for £1,534. | |
Designed by Clarice Cliff after Churchill became prime minister, only 350 of the 31cm (12.2 in) high jugs were produced. | Designed by Clarice Cliff after Churchill became prime minister, only 350 of the 31cm (12.2 in) high jugs were produced. |
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