From July 29, 2010, CNN World by Simon Hooper.
And, there is a nice big photo of them wih the article. I didn't know he wore them.
Winston Churchill had several sets of partial upper dentures specifically designed to hide his natural lisp. These also accentuated his signature slurred diction. He always lived in fear of losing his false teeth and always had a spare set with him.
These sold for three times the expected price and were put up for sale by the son of the dental technician who made them. Son Nigel Cudlipp said his father, Derek Cudlipp, could always tell how the war was going from the distance Churchill hurled the teeth. "They were prone to breaking, especially when Churchill got angry."
Winston Churchill suffered from poor teeth and gums from childhood and later nominated his dentist to knighthood.
Churchill items are in demand. In the past two years, a silver butter dish used as an ashtray and a half-smoked cigar have sold for more than $6,200 each.
Never has So Much Been Paid for So Little. --GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Friday, July 27, 2012
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