This
photograph of smiling faces was taken in Brook
Street, Thurmaston, during the VE-Day celebrations
of the 8th May 1945. The people in the picture
have been identified - are you one of them?
Perhaps one of those identified is your father
or mother, grandfather or grandmother. Do you
have a story to tell regarding this picture?
The VE-Day celebrations produced a nationwide
outpouring of emotion and thanksgiving for the
end of hostilities in Europe. For hundreds of
thousands of people in Britain VE-Day was also
tinged with sadness. There was the knowledge
that many young men and women had not been fortunate
to live to see the day when the war in Europe
would be over. Of course, for many servicemen
and women in the far-east the war was not over.
Victory over Japan, VJ-Day, would only be realised
following the unleashing of atomic weapons.
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or perhaps you have a similar picture that you
would like displaying on this website contact
the website author by clicking on this link
- VE-Day
Point the cursor at the head of each individual
to reveal their identity.
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THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
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