Searching through the board, I see noone has ever posted about this old news story... BBC NEWS | UK | England | Kent | Map may reveal Churchill secrets Map may reveal Churchill secrets The map centres on Westerham, near Churchill's home at Chartwell Mystery surrounds a map which experts believe may provide new information about plans to defend England from invasion in World War II. Auctioneers want help to verify claims made for the document, thought to have been used by Winston Churchill. The one inch to one mile Ordnance Survey map centres on Westerham, Kent near Churchill's home at Chartwell. A label on the back says it was "reputedly used in 1940 in connection with the defence of SE England". Shropshire auctioneer Mullock Madeley, which is selling the map next month, has drawn a blank so far in verifying the map's history. Experts are appealing for information about the map, which is to be sold at an auction at Ludlow Racecourse on 7 June. The label claims the map was used by Churchill at "Tall Trees" in preparation for the expected German invasion. This humble map might provide historians with an intriguing and new piece of evidence about the activities of Churchill Richard Westwood-Brookes "We have spent a considerable time trying to trace a place called Tall Trees from the archive sources, but at present we have turned up nothing," said historical documents specialist Richard Westwood-Brookes. "That would normally be the end of the matter, but there are aspects of this which lead me to wonder about it. "The first is that it is centred on Westerham - which just happens to be the nearest town to Churchill's home at Chartwell. "One must ask why such a map would be drawn up as Westerham which, as far as I am aware, had no special strategic significance except that Churchill lived nearby." An arrow on the map indicates a point about one mile south-east of Westerham at a place called Charts Edge. One theory is that Tall Trees might have been an unofficial identification for a place used to plan the defence of Britain. "If this is the case, then this humble map might provide historians with an intriguing and new piece of evidence about the activities of Churchill in those very dark days before the RAF pilots won the decisive Battle of Britain," Mr Westwood-Brookes said. In the four years sicne this name first appeared - has anyone ever identified "Tall Trees"?
I know its an area outside of middelsborough, maybe Churchill stayed at the nightclub (used to be quite a good student night)? Used to be an old stately home I believe. "Tall trees" is a common sounding name, it probably reflects one of the old houses round the country. Regarding this map however... isn't it possible that the map was for an exercise conducted in the area, or for an area where the unit was staying. Maps would have been drawn up everyehere as units were stationed all over the country.
It's an area that I know well. Not many tall trees at all since the 1987 storm ! To be honest the name 'Tall Trees' sounds like something from a map in a Winnie-the-Pooh book rather than Winnie-the-Churchill. Does it say "Drawn by me and Mr. Shepard helped" at the bottom ? The location would be about twenty miles south though. I should have thought that it was quite difficult to plan anything on a scale such as inch to the mile.
The night club turned into a singles bar famed for it's grab a granny nights.....ahem...not that I know that first hand........
