Thanks to OVF reader Paul Rafferty, we have an image of Vale’s crucial FA Cup goal against Leyton Orient – the strike that secured Port Vale’s place in the semi-finals. This took place during the 1953-54 Iron Curtain season and you can find out more about that at the end of the feature… Newspaper clippings […] The post Pictured: the goal that took Port Vale into the 1954 FA Cup semi-final first appeared on onevalefan.co.uk.| onevalefan.co.uk
On 5 July 1953, Churchill showed Field Marshal Montgomery and his doctor Lord Moran what he thought was his best telegram. It was sent to U.S. President Harry Truman on 12 May 1945. It may be read in full in The Churchill Documents, vol. 21 (Hillsdale College Press, 2021), 1389-90. This was also the first time Churchill used the phrase “Iron Curtain”—an expression that dates at least as far back as Martin Luther in 1521. The post Churchill Quotations: The Best Telegram He Ever Sent a...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College