.JOURNAL OFTIIE CHURCHILL CKNTER AND ... - Winston Churchill

RIDDLES,MYSTERIES,ENIGMASSend your questions tothe Editor;C^! llPiiiy,QDATING METHODSWhy do Americans (but not inFinest Hour) write the date inme order of month, day, year insteadof chronological order?ALondon's The Express answeredhis question thusly: "In Britain,dates have always been written in themanner of the ecclesiastical and legalprofessions; thus the 29th day of Aprilthis year is abbreivated to 29/4/99....No doubt the Americans, in theirlackadaisical manner, have always saidApril twenty-nine, nineteen ninetynine,hence 4/29/99."The Express column was headed(so help us) "May 6, 1999."Finest Hour, in its lackadaisicalmanner, always prefers "29 April1999" (or the abbreviation 29Apr99)to "April 29, 1999" because it lookscleaner and avoids confusion; we alsouse "1st," "2nd," "3rd," "4th" etc.when the year is not mentioned, e.g.,"April 29th." Never, however, will yousee either 4/29/99 or 29/4/99 in thesepages, except in a direct quote!ICHURCHILL RESIDENCESn this column in issue 101 we respondedto a request to nameChurchill's London residences. (Wecommitted two errors: it was 11 MorpethMansions, not 12, and Number11 does carry the blue historicalplaque.) Now, thanks to LadySoames's Speaking for Themselves, weare able to provide a much more comprehensivelist of residences, includingcountry houses and temporary quarters.We invite further corrigenda.Official residences (?) such as AdmiraltyHouse and Downing StreetLullenden, East Grinstead, West Sussex:The Churchillsfirst country home, 1917-1919; sold to Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton.are listed only for the periods theChurchills actually resided there. Asterisked(*) London addresses carrythe blue historical plaque. (It is notclear whether the Churchills fully vacatedHyde Park Gate during the1951-55 Premiership.)For inveterate explorers, we alsolist some temporary quarters, such asthe Ivor and Freddie Guest residences,used between homes; and at least afew holiday rentals: Pear Tree Cottage(1914) and Hoe Farm (1915); and"Hosey Rigge," rented during theoverhaul of Chartwell (1923-24).Primary ResidencesCharles Street (1874-1879)The Little Lodge, Dublin (1877-1880)29 St. James's Place (1880-1883)35A Gt Cumberland Place (1883-00)105 Mount Street (1900-1905, hisfirst bachelor flat)12 Bolton Street (1905-March 1909,the first house ever of his own)*33 Eccleston Square (Spring 1909-April 1913)f Admiralty House (April 1913-May1915)41 Cromwell Road (June 1915-Autumn 1916, with Jack andGoonie Churchill and family)*33 Eccleston Square (Autumn 1916-Spring 1917)16 Lower Berkeley Street (September-November 1918)1 Dean Trench Street (rented fromearly 1919 to early 1920)*2 Sussex Square (March 1920-January1924; destroyed in the Blitz)5 11 Downing Street (January 1924-April 1929)*11 Morpeth Mansions (long-termlease, 1932-September 1939)5 Admiralty House (September 1939-July 1940)5 10 Downing Street & Number TenAnnexe (July 1940-July 1945)*28 Hyde Park Gate (October 1945-1965)5 10 Downing Street (December1951-April 1955)Country HousesLullenden, East Grinstead, W. Sussex(Spring 1917-Autumn 1919)Chartwell, Westerham, Kent (April1924 to 1965)Temporary Quarters22 Carlton House Terrace (Spring1909, loaned by Freddie Guest)Pear Tree Cottage, Overstrand, nearCromer, Norfolk (Summer 1914)21 Arlington Street (May-June 1915,loaned by Ivor Guest)Hoe Farm, Godalming, Surrey(rented, Summer 1915)16 Lower Berkeley Street (Autumn1918)3 Tenderden Street (Autumn 1918)Templeton, Roehampton (Winter1919-Spring 1920, withFreddie Guest)FINEST HOUR 103 / 46