HE was the greatest of all Great Britons, the inspiring wartime leader who pledged we would never surrender. Yet you’d almost think Winston Churchill had a grudge against York. The city fathers repeatedly offered him the freedom of the city. Churchill’s secretary repeatedly said he’d be glad to accept.
But, despite travelling north to accept the Freedom of Oldham, he never managed to make it here for the ceremony.
Eventually, after 12 years, York’s civic leaders gave up trying.
We don’t know what we did to offend him. But we’re sure the people of York will forgive him. He did enough for his country, after all.
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