Left to right: David Harvey, Joe Wills, Stan Hitchcock, Harry Farr, Unknown, Len Griggs, Leslie Hudson,...
Queens’ Garden Fountain. We set off from home about 6 pm. my Mum and two sisters June and Jenny, and...
When the cake was cooked I took it out of the oven and left it to cool down before taking it out...
At last it was all over, at least in Europe and on May 8th 1945 the whole country went wild with joy......
My mother's birthday is 8th May, and on 8th May 1945, I was a little girl of 5 years, living on...
The day war ended, 8 May 1945 I was playing with a wooden tommy gun in the garden, when my mother knocked...
It hit my grandad right next to the eye and gave him a nasty slash....
On VE night we were at the ballet, watching the dancer Robert Helpmann playing the Toymaker in Copelia......
I was nearly five at VE celebrations in Quintor near Birmingham. I remember the tressle tables and the...
I can remember a few of the people there - my parents told me their names - Nurse Sunderland second from...
Spare A Thought For Us! whilst you were celebrating VE day my ship mates and I were still at war in the...
We had one in our street - or rather in the back-garden of one of the families in the street. Here is...
On this day in 1945, my mother Mrs June Wilton and my Grandmother Mrs Edith Cloud took me to vist my...
I was in the RAF in 2001 Wing B Squadron. We were taken to the railway station to hear an important message...
When asked about her recollections of V-E Day, my mother's response was somewhat terse 'We were as...
People who lived on our street knew the americans extremly well as they had a supplies base at the bottom...
We all dressed up as children and my mother made up an outfit for me so that I could go as John...
It was VE Day and my friend and I decided to become blood donors. It was a very hot day and my...
This picture was submitted by Iris Ward....
Third child toward the back on right is Iris Winterson; her sister, Evelyn is in front of her; brother Alan...
I was at home doing domestic duties and on the radio i heard 'War is finished because Hitler is...
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, the AOC, was a New Zealander. His nickname was 'Maori', which...