{"id":523,"date":"2004-01-20T09:54:22","date_gmt":"2004-01-20T09:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jasonbassford.com\/?p=523"},"modified":"2021-11-12T20:11:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T01:11:32","slug":"charlie_the_par","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbassford.com\/index.php\/2004\/01\/20\/charlie_the_par\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie the parrot."},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a recent (and cute) news story from Pulse24<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Somewhere out there is a creature who was privy to the deep secrets of World War Two from Britain\u2019s point of view. But it\u2019s definitely not writing a tell-all book, or even saying that much. Charlie is the 104-year-old parrot who kept Winston Churchill company during war time. He\u2019s been living at the Heathfield Nurseries for the past 12 years. Peter Oram, who owns the garden centre, is Charlie\u2019s keeper now. His father-in-law sold the prime minister the creature and then took it back when he passed away in 1965. And although Charlie was famous for sometimes screaming obscenities about Hitler, he\u2019s grown a bit complacent in the twilight of his life. “He doesn’t say very much anymore — usually just hello and goodbye. But he does get so excited about music and dances to it. He’s very fit,\u201d said Sylvia Martin, who manages Heathfield Nurseries. Most parrots don\u2019t live longer than 40 years in the wild, but some feathered friends have made it to 110. That gives Charlie some time to learn even more world secrets.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a recent (and cute) news story from Pulse24: “Somewhere out there is a creature who was privy to the deep secrets of World War Two from Britain\u2019s point of view. But it\u2019s definitely not writing a tell-all book, or even saying that much. Charlie is the 104-year-old parrot who kept Winston Churchill company during …<\/p>\n

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