End of Glory for Two “Icons”
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! —II Samuel 1:27
Item: St. George’s Chapel, Biggin Hill, Kent, Daily Mail, 4 January
“With its magnificent stained-glass windows, it stands as a fitting memorial to the Battle of Britain pilots who gave their lives to save the nation from Nazi invasion. But the ornately furnished chapel Sir Winston Churchill insisted should remain a ‘permanent shrine to the glorious Few’ is to be closed down and boarded up. Defying the wartime leader’s express wishes, defence chiefs have decreed that the £50,000-a-year cost of running St.…