Commemorations have taken place across Shropshire to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. They included street parties, wartime music and dancing, as well as church services. People who witnessed the ...

Jim Stowe in the 1940s For Jim Stowe, from Shrewsbury, memories of VE Day were somewhat hazy amid ... with their few personal bits and pieces," he wrote in 1995. "They would have been perfectly ...

Worsley described the exploration of these personal histories as ... stories – from the eve of war to VE Day celebrations – to preserve these precious memories for generations to come." ...

In a time when peace can no longer be taken for granted, these personal perspectives reinforce ... As so few living memories of the second world war remain today, VE Day gives us a chance to consider ...

As the 80th anniversary of VE Day approaches, Telford’s Member of Parliament Shaun Davies is urging people to share their personal memories and stories from Victory in Europe Day and the final ...

Captain Bryan Warren, 87, a veteran Argyll and Sutherland Highlander, shared memories of being evacuated as a child to Bournemouth, and seeing D-Day aircraft ... “I’ve always believed in ...

Sally Baggealey remembered the outpouring of joy at the end of war in Europe Commemorations have taken place across Shropshire to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. They included street parties ...