Sir Winston Churchill's Funeral / 1965 Life Magazine

                                               Sir Winston Churchill

                                                  1874 - 1964

Life magazine dated February 1965 features 21 pages in full colour of Sir Winston's funeral. I can only enter three photos so if you wish to see more please ask.

Here is a caption from one of the photos : At Waterloo station. From river , bearer guard slow-steps the coffin to special train for the run to Handborough near burial site at Bladon. The locomotive , one of the "Battle of Britain" type of engines, was named "Winston Churchill" in 1946. Line over which train rolled had long been out of use, but was kept up solely for Sir Winston's funeral journey.

Also in this issue : Explosion at sea - Washington Report - Show Dog's Big Haul - U.S. Girls become Paris Designers and more. Also featuring some fabulous retro advertising.