Re: Black Spitfire [was Re: hey........]

[nevilley@globalnet.co.ukx (Neville Young)]

Hello Andy!

I am ashamed to admit that I am (just) old enough to have seen Churchill's
funeral on telly. I am 99.9% sure that there was an aircraft flypast, so a
Spit would, as you say, have been reasonable. Dunno about the black but I
agree it's a nice touch, whether it originated in the funeral or the song.

Should we take the barge bit to uk.rec.waterways??? :)

Nev

andy@gid.co.uk (Andy Greener) wrote:

>Leigh.Perkins@sset.com wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>      Another deep traditional English line from Lionheart "I fall from my
>>      black Spitfire to my funeral barge".  Trip to the Isle of Avalon
>>      anyone?????
>
>This line always makes me think of Winston Churchill's funeral barge on
>the Thames. Did a Spitfire figure in the funeral proceedings? Wouldn't
>surprise me if it did, given the wartime connections ("Never has so
>much been owed...."). A *Black* Spitfire would have been very symbolic.
>
>	Andy Greener, Reading, UK
>


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