Volunteer Drivers
In addition to being a Warden as part of the Good Neighbourhood Scheme on Princess Mary Gate, where demand for help was far lower than anticipated (which is no bad…
COVID19 – a topsy-turvey season
A letter of appreciation When we were told by the government that the vulnerable should stay at home and that volunteers were needed to support the national effort, we knew…
Local Face: Peter Swinford
Peter Swinford was Local Face in the June 2020 Wendover News
Tribute: (Rosa) Susan Woosley
Susan Woosley was the subject of a Tribute in the June 2020 Wendover News
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…