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What I remember about VE Day is that it came over very strongly that the war was over. We got the big red, white and blue flags out and draped them around us. Even the men had them draped around them. We all had instruments. Our family had a big hand-bell and some had horns and bugles. The whole crescent came alive. We took it in turns to run up and down ringing the big bell. Our families were very patriotic.

Somebody started to walk into Wolverhampton town and we all followed them. I got separated from my family on the 2 mile walk but it didn’t matter. We were all together from the crescent and we all went to town. We’d not been able to gather together like this before in the war because of the blackout. We seemed to be there for hours and hours and we were all so excited. It was the party of a lifetime — everyone was kissing and shaking hands. What a party!

It was dark but all the lights were on — no blackout. Another world opened up to us that day - it was like no other.

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