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As dusk approached we returned to The Embankment to be with the crowds of jostling for comfortable vantage places.

Massed searchlight swept the skies forming elaborate patterns. Fire floats sprayed fountains and jets of coloured water high into the night sky.

The Royal family took to the water and escorted by the river craft, travelled down river as far as Waterloo Bridge. The flotilla returned and the family disembarked at The Houses of Parliament to be given a royal salute, that were fired from the guns of The Tower of London. At the same time nearly five hundred loudspeakers played the national anthem. It was so overwhelming that many of the croweds were crying.

Then there was the start of the biggest display of fireworks ever seen in London. After five years of war time total darkness, it was a wonderous show.

Hundreds of rockets lit the sky and riverside buildings that seemed to glow. Shower ofter shower of coloured stars drifted downwards into the Thames. The night sky turned red, then white, followed by blue smoke that wafted through the atmosphere. It seemed to go on forever and with so much excitement that day, we were all flagging.

My mother complaining that her feet were sore, took off her shoes and walked home without them. We were cheered on our way by the mabny jubilant people who had not been able to get to the scene. Sometimes we joined with other companions in a dance of unbelievable joy at the ending of World War Two.

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