Comments on: Urban Myths: “Alexander Fleming Twice Saved Churchill’s Life” http://localhost:8080/fleming Senior Fellow, Hillsdale College Churchill Project, Writer and Historian Sat, 04 Jun 2022 20:13:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Richard M. Langworth http://localhost:8080/fleming#comment-33984 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 15:44:09 +0000 https://richardlangworth.com/?p=9344#comment-33984 In reply to Paul Cruce.

Thanks Mr. Cruce. The guy who swapped a TR2 for a trombone got quite a deal!

]]> By: Paul Cruce http://localhost:8080/fleming#comment-33980 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 13:33:49 +0000 https://richardlangworth.com/?p=9344#comment-33980 Thank you for debunking this persistent myth. Well-meaning friends who know I admire Churchill have sent this story to me. I always wondered if it falls into the Urban Legend category but never did any digging into its authenticity. That said, I questioned it enough that I never forwarded it to anyone else.
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I see you’ve published a book about Triumph cars.
I once traded a trombone for a battered ’55 TR-2:
https://56packardman.com/2019/08/14/gear-head-tuesday-of-trombones-and-triumphs/

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