Appropriate Celebrations
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Thursday’s special event at the Village Hall to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day was a great success with something for everyone.
Stalls provided period games, period foodstuffs and other memorabilia. The bar did a roaring trade and the hot dogs, paid for from the grant received from SNC, went down very well.
The highlights were definitely the speeches, from two of the oldest attendees, Hilda Thomas and Robin Limmer, recounting their experiences during the war and their relief when peace came.
While it was a very happy event, everyone there was constantly reminded of those who gave their lives during the war to make peace possible. This was underlined by the lighting of the Beacon and the singing of “I vow to thee my country”.