The Observer magazine - Winston Churchill Funeral cover (7 February 1965)

The Observer magazine - Winston Churchill Funeral cover (7 February 1965)
Good condition for age - some wear to cover - discoloration to page edges due to age

CHURCHILL: THE LAST JOURNEY - Twelve pages of colour pictures record the sad, proud winter days in which Britain and the world mourned and honoured Sir Winston Churchill: the pomp and pageantry of a State funeral; the quiet of a country churchyard; the Queen, at the head of a brilliant assembly of the world's great figures; but also the ordinary men and women some of them children when Churchill was already a legend. A team of Observer Magazine photographers brings you all sides of one of the historical occasions of a lifetime
11 pages plus front cover photo

THE SUFFRAGETTES REMEMBER - It all happened half a century ago, but the survivors still meet to talk about the suicide under the hooves of the King's horse at the Derby, the hatchet in Prime Minister Asquith's carriage, arson, and the "cat-and-mouse" Act. John Gale has been listening to the suffragettes
3 pages

MYSTERY OF THE TINNED TYPHOID - Nearly a year after the typhoid outbreak at Aberdeen, housewives recently learnt with dismay from the Ministry of Health that the spectre was still not laid: hundreds of tins of corned beef from the same lot that caused the Aberdeen outbreak had somehow slipped back on the market. Now for the first time Anthony Smith tells the detective story of how the original source was tracked down - and draws a moral for today
3 pages