I’ll Go Along With This Quote
With a memorial service for Sir Nicholas Winton today, I make no apologies for publishing one of his quotes.
I believe in ethics, and if everybody believed in ethics we’d have no problems at all. That’s the only way out; forget the religious side.
I doubt I can live long enough to see religion, become something you read about in history books.
But the world would be a better place, if everyone followed Sir Nicholas’s advice.
The Winton Train at Boreham
This short video shows the passage of the Winton Train through Boreham in Essex.
I’m afraid that the quality isn’t as good as I’d have liked. Partly this was because of the wind and the camera shake that it induced. And of course I can’t really ask the train to go back again so I could take a second shot.
I must admit that filming it and creating the short film clip did bring a tear to my eye. I have been through a lot in the last couple of years. I think now I understand what went on in Europe in the Second World War so much better.
The Winton Train
The Winton Train has now reached Cologne and today it travels to the Hook of Holland.
The last leg tomorrow will take place as follows according to the article on Wikipedia.
On this final day the train is scheduled to depart Harwich International station at 09:12, and travelling via Colchester and Chelmsford, is scheduled to arrive at Liverpool Street station at 10:37 on Platform 10. Sir Nicholas, now 100 years old, was due to meet the train at Liverpool Street as guest of honour.
I shall find myself a sensible place, probably at Chelmsford, to take some pictures of this historic event.
Sir Nicholas Winton and the Kindertransport
Sir Nicholas is 100 and over seventy years ago, he organised the rescue of nearly seven hundred children from under the noses of the Nazis in Czechoslovakia. He was so modest about his role, that it didn’t come to light until 1988.
The BBC’s Robert Hall will be following the route of the Kindertransport over the next few days on Breakfast Time.
The Anonymous Widower 