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Winston Churchill by a lake at Chartwell

Winston Churchill by one of the lakes at his home, Chartwell Manor, Westerham, Kent in 1939. "Admiralty Billet for fish? First Lord of the Admiralty Mr Winston Churchill has offered to let Mr Stanley Plater, one of the biggest pet fish breeders in the country transport fish from the his North London home to Chartwell, Westerham, Kent, where Mr Churchill keeps thousands of live fish in lakes at his home, should it become necessary. Breeding fish is one of Mr Churchill's hobbies."

Picture No
10982352
Media ID
46114820
Size
5821px x 4497px (2.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph, 22nd November 1939 in the archive of the London Electrotype Agency Ltd, owned by lIllustrated London News Ltd
Date
1939

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