Wendover VE Day parade float
Lib posted this photo on Facebook before the VE-75 celebrations in Wendover Here is photo of a Wendover VE Day parade float (on the back of the coal merchants truck).…
VE Day reflections from Abbeyfield, Wendover
‘Thank God, that’s over. Now perhaps we’ll get some bloody equipment,’ bellowed our Colonel (in the Far East) when the armistice was signed. Of course we didn’t. It took ages…
Manor Waste on VE Day
Rosemary Allard posted this photo on the Wendover Memories UK facebook page shortly before VE-75. People were thrilled to identify family and friends: Joe: I just saw my great grandmother!…
Bonfire on the rec
Mary Matthews uploaded this photo to the Wendover Memories UK Facebook page shortly before VE-75. Do you recognise anyone? A VE Day bonfire was held on the rec, aka, Castle…
VE parade in Princes Street, Edinburgh
On VE Day in 1945 I was at College in Edinburgh. In the evening, I went with my friends on to Princes Street, which was crowded with people wandering back…
Neasden to Buckingham Palace
I was sixteen in 1945, living at home in Neasden. A group of my friends called on me on the morning of VE Day to go up to London, but…
Housebuilder calls for Community’s Help to Lock Down 2020 Memories in Time Capsule
Barratt and David Wilson Homes North Thames is calling for Buckinghamshire residents to share memories of the unprecedented events of 2020 to document “life at Kingsbrook during lockdown” for a special time capsule project.
Woodlanders’ Lives & Landscapes
The Chilterns as we know it today is a beautiful landscape of woods and picturesque villages. But, in the past, it was also a busy industrial environment where people made their livings in the woods and cottages.
Wendover Children in World War Experience at RAF Halton
In accordance with RAF Halton’s commitment to engage with local schools the Trenchard Museum has hosted a visit from the Wendover CE Junior School.
Reliving Britain’s heyday in 1980s home computing at TNMOC
The heyday of British home computing in the 1980s is the focus of a pop-up display at The National Museum of Computing on the Bletchley Park Estate until 30 June 2020.