Visiting Chartwell

[@SwanLake-2024]

How wonderful it was to discover a channel of actual tours - well prepared and lovingly presented. Such a difference to the soulless and, in fact, useless recordings of some people's walks - polluted with all sorts of nonsensical noise and bad quality recordings, which occupy a significant part of KZbin space. Many thank you for your great videos!

[@tomnicholson2115]

Very nicely done another interesting video, learned a few more minor facts about Churchill too 👍

[@pearlcartwright6630]

Thanks so much for this interesting video. My late grandparents always kept a framed photo of Churchill in their hall. Chartwell grounds look so peaceful and must have been such a haven for him during his busy times including during WW11. I imagine him looking across the valley and thinking that this country could not possibly be given up. The ‘Yanks’of course were here later to help us. I was a small child then of course but schools then taught us to love our country. Times have changed but the beauty of Chartwell is still there. Once again Thank you.

[@SussexYank]

My wife's late husband was a great admirer of Churchill also. So we have a few different biographies of him here in the house.

[@archiebald4717]

Beautiful! On YT there is a short film of him feeding mealy worms to a Robin beside his much loved goldfish pond. Churchill was fond of animals, he was particularly fascinated by pigs. I think you will find that Chertwell was donated, not sold, to the National Trust. If you visit his birthplace, Blenheim Palace, his grave can be found in nearby Bladon churchyard.

[@SussexYank]

Thank you! But I am reluctantly forced to disagree with the notion that Chartwell was donated to the National Trust. In effect, it could be said to have been donated, but in a strictly legal sense, it was a sale. Though the NT did not pay for it out of its own budget. "In 1946 a group of friends, organised by Lord Camrose, raised the sum of £55,000 which was passed to the National Trust allowing it to buy the house from Churchill for £43,800. The excess provided an endowment. The sale was completed on 29 November. For payment of a rent of £350 per annum, plus rates, the Churchills committed to a 50-year lease, allowing them to live at Chartwell until their deaths, at which point the property would revert to the National Trust."

[@DavidWilsonOutandAbout]

Very well documented, you certainly put a lot of time and effort into recording and producing this video. I live a few miles from Chartwell in Kent. Kent has been a major invasion point for centuries, and heavily fortified. Invaders or potential invaders include the Vikings, Romans, French, and Germans. All the best Dave.

[@JackKlumpass]

Loved it how you’ve picked up our lingo, presumably off your Mrs. Great channel and I’ve enjoyed every one I’ve watched so far / this one in particular. Keep on keeping on👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@chrismchale543]

Chartwell is in Kent.

[@SussexYank]

Indeed it is! I do occasionally post something about other places. Last year the British Bride and I visited Devon, and I posted a video called "From Ilfracombe to Lundy Island". The year before that we visited the Isle of Wight, and I posted a video about our visit there.

[@neiltwy]

Such a shame you only have a few views :-( Enjoyed watching.