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Be sure to "step inside" and say hey to Publican your host and proprietor. The Cache itself is located near a major thoroughfare and is designed to be an easy grab yet large enough for plenty of bug trading and large trades. Thanks to "Publican", "Submariner" & "HighTechBo" for the camaraderie in preparing/placing this Cache...
Also, be sure to read the last two quotes...
IMPORTANT:
"Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." - W.C.
The original cache was muggled some time ago. To help prevent that from occurring again, we have added a security lock to help dissuade those who would disrespect Sir Winston. Please gather the following info Before you attempt to find the cache. You will need this to unlock the cache. Once found, please re-secure the cache with the provided cable/lock and ensure the front of the lock (see below) is clearly accessible to the next finder.
The cache is secured by a four tumbler "alpha-numeric" combination lock. In order to gain access, you must align the tumblers in correct order next to the "Master" logo in the front face of the lock. Once the combo is set, simply lift the shackle to open. Reverse the process to close with an eye towards securing the lid, cable, lock and then scrambling the combo for the next finder. Please ensure the front of the lock is easily accessible for the next finder.
NOTE: The correct combination must remain aligned in order to "re-close" the lock. If the lock will not close, then please check that the combo is displayed on the front of the lock & try again.
The correct combination can be found by gathering the following information. Each clue is readily available via the internet but not necessarily all in one location (wink, wink, nudge nudge). There are a total of four clues. Each clue represents a single letter or number and are in sequence from left to right as entered on the lock itself. Happy Hunting!
Clue #1:
Sir Winston received many awards and accolades over the span of his life including the Nobel Prize for Literature. Churchill's literary career began with campaign reports: The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898) and The River War (1899), an account of the campaign in the Sudan and the Battle of Omdurman. In 1900, he published his only novel, Savrola, and, six years later, his first major work, the biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. His other famous biography, the life of his great ancestor, the Duke of Marlborough, was published in four volumes between 1933 and 1938. Churchill's history of the First World War appeared in four volumes under the title of The World Crisis (1923-29); his memoirs of the Second World War ran to six volumes (1948-1953/54). After his retirement from office, Churchill wrote a History of the English-speaking Peoples (4 vols., 1956-58). His magnificent oratory survives in a dozen volumes of speeches, among them The Unrelenting Struggle (1942), The Dawn of Liberation (1945), and Victory (1946).
The Nobel committee described his award as being; "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values." What is the last/final digit of the year in which Sir Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel prize for Literature. [ e.g. - 188(4) ]
Clue #2:
Sir Winston Churchill enjoyed many different types of cigars and was said to smoke approximately 10 cigars a day (or 250,000 during his lifetime). He was especially fond of large maduro cigars. "Pepin" Fernandez Rodriguez, owner of the famous Cuban brand Romeo Y Julieta since 1903, was known for naming cigars after well known figures of the time. What is the length, in inches, of the cigar Pepin famously named for Sir Winston?
Clue #3
Upon his death in 1965 at age 90. By decree of the Queen, Churchill's body lay in state for three days and a state funeral service was held at St Paul's Cathedral. As his coffin passed down the Thames from Tower Pier to Festival Pier on the Havengore, dockers lowered their crane jibs in a salute.The Royal Artillery fired a 19-gun salute (as head of government), and the RAF staged a fly-by of sixteen English Electric Lightning fighters. The coffin was then taken the short distance to Waterloo Station where it was loaded onto a specially prepared and painted carriage as part of the funeral train for its rail journey to Bladon.The funeral also saw one of the largest assemblages of statesmen in the world.The funeral train of Pullman coaches carrying his family mourners was hauled by Bulleid Pacific steam locomotive No. 34051 "Winston Churchill". What is the (1st) character of the Southern Railway funeral van's (rail carriage) registry number that carried him? In the fields along the route, and at the stations through which the train passed, thousands stood in silence to pay their last respects. At Churchill's request, he was buried in the family plot at St Martin's Church, Bladon, near Woodstock, not far from his birthplace at Blenheim Palace.
Final Clue:
A Collection of Speeches delivered at Manchester or in the House of Commons during the Fiscal controversy preceding the late General Election, FOR FREE TRADE has always been the holy grail of Churchill books and may in fact be even rarer than the infamous BRODRICK. A small, 136 page, paperback-size collection of nine speeches delivered on the title subject by Winston Churchill as a 31-year-old MP for Manchester, FOR FREE TRADE was published (at 1 shilling [25c]) by Arthur L. Humphreys, General Manager of Hatchard's, the venerable London bookshop that still very much exists at number 187 Piccadilly. Hatchard's, had a long and illustrious history of publishing pamphlets, political and otherwise, including Winston Churchill's earlier speech compendium, MR. BRODRICK'S ARMY, which Humphreys and Hatchard's had brought out three years earlier. What is the last digit in the year that FOR FREE TRADE was first published by Hatchard's?
By combining these four digits/characters together in order, access to this cache should now be yours!
An honorable gentleman who should always be remembered for more than "just" being the Prime Minister of England during World War II; Churchill is credited with many fine and eloquent sayings. Like:
"Be Ye Men of Valour"
"Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar." This call and spur to the faithful servants of Truth and Justice was quoted by Churchill in his first broadcast as Prime Minister to the British people on the BBC - May 19, 1940, London.
"Blood, Toil, Tears & Sweat"
"I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." --Speech made to House of Commons on May 13, 1940, three days after becoming Prime Minister. Churchill first used it earlier in the day when he spoke to his Cabinet which represented all parties.
"Captain of our Souls"
Today we may say aloud before an awe-struck world: "We are still masters of our fate. We are still captain of our souls." Prime Minister's Speech on the War Situation, House of Commons, September 9, 1941
"Child of the House of Commons"
I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my father's house to believe in democracy. Trust the people - that was his message....I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British, instead of the other way around, I might have got here on my own....I owe my advancement entirely to the House of Commons, whose servant I am. In my country, as in yours, public men are proud to be the servants of the State and would be ashamed to be its masters. - -Speech made to a Joint Session of the American Congress, December 26, 1941. Churchill went to America after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He predicted a "long and hard war." His speech was broadcast throughout the US, Canada and Britain.
"Finest Hour"
"Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour." -- Speech delivered to the House of Commons on June 18, 1940 following the collapse of France. Many thought Britain would follow. But knowing that "Hitler will have to break us in this island or lose the war" Churchill challenged the British people to uncommon efforts to win the Battle of Britain.
"I'd drink it [poison]"
Lady Astor: "Winston, if I were your wife I'd put poison in your coffee."
Winston: "Nancy, if I were your husband I'd drink it."
This exchange is sometimes attributed to Winston's good friend F.E. Smith, but in Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's The Glitter and the Gold she writes that the exchange occurred at Blenheim when her son was host. See also the American edition of Martin Gilbert's In Search of Churchill (not in the British edition). In Nancy: The Life of Lady Astor, Christopher Sykes confirms Consuelo Balsan's account. "It sounds like an invention but is well authenticated. [Churchill] and the Astors were staying with Churchill's cousin, the Duke of Marlborough, at Blenheim Palace. Nancy and Churchill argued ferociously throughout the weekend."
"Linchpin of the English-speaking world"
"Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world. Canada, with those relations of friendly, affectionate intimacy with the United States on the one hand and with her unswerving fidelity to the British Commonwealth and the Motherland on the other, is the link which joins together these great branches of the human family, a link which, spanning the oceans, brings the continents into their true relation and will prevent in future generations any growth of division between the proud and the happy nations of Europe and the great countries which have come into existence in the New World." Speech given at a luncheon in honour of Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, Mansion House, London, September 4, 1941.
"Never Give In"
The speech was made 29 October 1941 to the boys at Churchill's old public [private] school, Harrow--not Oxford or Cambridge:"Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.''
"So much owed by so many to so few"
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."-- Speech made in the House of Commons as the Battle Britain peaked on August 20, 1940. The home front was totally involved in the war because of the Germany bombing raids and Britain was "a whole nation fighting and suffering together." But special gratitude was directed towards the airmen whose prowess and devotion were capable of turning the tide of the war. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. He worked out the phrase in his mind as he visited the Fighter Command airfields in Southern England.
"This is not the end."
"This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Speech given at the Lord Mayor's Luncheon, Mansion House, London, November 10, 1942.
"Total and unmitigated defeat"
"We have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat, and France has suffered even more than we have." - Speech made during debate on Munich Agreement in House of Commons, October 5, 1938. Nancy Astor heckled him by calling out "Nonsense."
"We shall fight on the beaches"
"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" Speech about Dunkirk given in House of Commons June 4, 1940.
And most notably:
"Bring me your "Bugs", your "swag" to trade and your respect and I shall honor you with my presence"
The aforementioned from his famous "Geo" speech of 1939...
and of course:
"I leave when the pub closes."
At the end of the war, before the election that he lost in 1945, The Times of London prepared an editorial suggesting that he campaign as a nonpartisan world leader and retire gracefully rather soon afterward. The editor first informed Churchill that he was going to make these two points. "Mr. Editor," Churchill said to the first point, "I fight for my corner." And, to the second: "Mr. Editor, I leave when the pub closes."
So honor this great man by making a quick grab and swapping out some swag.
***Revised 09/07/06*** Cache is a 7.62mm ammo. See log below for contents.
*** Revised 05/26/08*** Cache is now a smaller ammo can but still plenty large for most items...
***Revised 03/06/10*** We are so pleased to bring this cache back to life to coincide with the Churchill's Pub & Grille "Renaissance." It was an "EPIC" event and deserves as much recognition as possible so all can enjoy this VERY large cache in North County. There is also a special "FTF" gift for whomever sings the log first...
A great many thanks to Publican, High Tech Hobo, Submariner for re-joining in this endeavor. We were all here for the re-launch even if some drove 100 miles to do so.
Humbly Yours,
CajonKev
First can originally contained:
Log/Pen & GeoInstruction Sheet
CD of 1920's music from Rapidly Rotating Records (Sir Winston would approve!)
Deschutes Brewery beer mat
Duncan "Imperial" Yo-Yo - new in packaging
Pub Dart with Union Jack Flight
Conference/Convention "Namebadge" holder
Lots of room for additional items!
NEW CONTENTS:
New log
A special FTF gift
A new CD from RRR (see above) with themed music for this event
Two TB's ready to go!
An asortment of fine swag for the offering...
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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