This footage of Churchill on the water slide was broadcast in color during the Smithsonian Channel’s 2019 TV series, “Britain in Color.”
about the grounds of his former estate, including a picture of what the swimming pool looks like today.
After these moments are shown at Chartwell, the documentary moves on to more lighthearted moments, including a trip to the French Riviera. It was there that Churchill was filmed on the water slide.Escaping to the French Riviera with family and friends, he starts writing a second book about the Great War. Randolph and daughter Diana join him. Another guest is aristocratic socialite Doris Castlerosse. Decades later, rumors circulate about both Winston and son Randolph having an affair with her.
Churchill also enjoyed the rather more leisurely and less risky activity of swimming. He had learnt to swim when he was at ‘prep’ school and at Harrow he represented his house in swimming competitions. He continued to swim – or ‘bathe’ – regularly throughout his life, on holidays in the Bahamas, in the South of France. He even installed an outdoor swimming pool at Chartwell, heated – at vast expense – to combat the less-than-balmy English weather.
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