- Contributed byÌý
- Genevieve
- People in story:Ìý
- Lilian Marsh
- Location of story:Ìý
- Lilleshall, Shropshire
- Background to story:Ìý
- Civilian
- Article ID:Ìý
- A4486485
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 19 July 2005
The very end- VE Day, it was tremendous we had a great celebration in Lilleshall, and they had a Queen, and I lent her my wedding dress, and I made her crown for her. Then we had a football match — the men dressed in women’s clothes, and the ladies dressed in football kit. And I wore a pair of flat-heeled shoes, and I was running for all I was worth with this ball and all of a sudden, I must have fallen, and I had a very badly sprained ankle.
Everyone thought it was a joke or something but I had to get carried off the field, and had to be taken in to the men’s dressing room. I couldn’t go to the dance that night either for the celebrations.
This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Becky Barugh of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Shropshire CSV Action Desk on behalf of Lilian Marsh and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
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