Stories and photos about VE Day celebrations – old and new
Matters Arising – June 2020
The Wendover Parish council update for June 2020
VE Day
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…
VE 75 celebrations in Wendover
We were still in lockdown but with scientific certainty we were reassured that staying 2 metres apart outdoors we could at least wave to one another over the garden fence…
Bernie the bus delivers VE Day floral cheer
Bernie the nationally renowned community bus brought some floral cheer as a VE Day surprise to more than 100 people in villages around Aylesbury Vale last Friday (8 May).
VE Day focus in the daily council video update
Coronavirus lockdown may be muting the celebration of the 75th anniversary of VE Day, but today’s (Tuesday) daily video update (Vlog) from Buckinghamshire Council Leader Martin Tett provides plenty of ideas for marking the event in the spirit of social distancing!
