Classic postcards of Cambridge and Cambridge University

As I mentioned in an earlier post, my father was stationed in England during WWII. I recently sorted through correspondence and photos belonging to my late parents and found a set of 'twelve hand coloured postcards of the latest local views' of Cambridge, a city my father visited in January 1944. I scanned them in and am posting them here. He wrote on the back of one of the postcards that he had 'seen all these places'. There are two different messages from the Prime Minister of England that alternate on the back sides of these postcards. The first is "This is a time for everyone to stand together, and hold firm!"; the second is "Let us all strive without failing in faith or in duty". Words of inspiration from Winston Churchill, who was the prime minister (the second of three) during the war.

What Winston Churchill Said

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.


I am easily satisfied with the very best.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

If you are going through hell, keep going.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
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I think we need more people like Winston Churchill in the world. I have a feeling he would have been able to see that 'the emperor was not wearing any clothes' and would have said so.