Cherie's Place » Wellington Town War Memorial http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:58:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 VE Day http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/05/08/ve-day/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/05/08/ve-day/#comments Fri, 08 May 2015 18:46:32 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15509 War Memorial

Today is the 70th anniversary of VE Day, the public holiday that was celebrated in Britain on 8th May 1945 marking the end of WWII. As a sign of respect a two minute silence was observed at my place of work.

Huge crowds gathered in London on the following day. At 3pm Churchill made a radio broadcast. In Trafalgar Square, as his voice was relayed over loudspeakers, an eye-witness noted that ‘there was an extraordinary hush over the assembled multitude’.

King George VI and the Queen appeared eight times on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, while the two Princesses – Margaret and Elizabeth (now Her Majesty the Queen) – mingled with the crowds. Churchill later gave an impromptu speech on the balcony of the Ministry of Health, telling the crowds, ‘This is your victory!‘

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