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I don't know if my little piece will be accepted but I have not read of any other person who was actually born on VE Day itself, and not only that, I was named after that day so it is a day I shall never forget all through my life.

The midwife who later became my Godmother suggested my name to my mother, my GP Dr Hicks always called me Victoria because that is the name he wanted me to have.

My mother celebrated in the maternity hospital in Wisbech and of course had not only the end of the war to celebrate! My parents lived in Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk and had a smallholding so we always had plenty of food. I remember the blackout roller blind which for quite a while remained at the drawing room window. These are my memories connected to the war.

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