VE Day
- Thread starter PeteXXX
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Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Celebrating victory, but also remembering the cost in lives.
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
Not doing anything in particular, just thinking about all those people that lost their lives, or were affected for the rest of their days because of the war, but it's a bit of a funny one as it's mid-week, and of course for some people the war didn't end until VJ day
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
I didn't celebrate anything, I often think of my Great Uncle Hugh dying in that Wellington Bomber over Berlin in 1940. What would any silence or red flower improve? 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Cathryn
Squire
- Location
- Marlborough, Wiltshire
Not today but my Uke band are playing at a VE Day event on Saturday so I’ll mark it properly then!
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
On both, not just 'our' side!
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
I don't 'celebrate' such things, instead I commemorate such events.
Not WW2 I know, but still worth commemorating.
Not WW2 I know, but still worth commemorating.
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Tail End Charlie
Well, write it down boy ......
- Location
- In green and pleasant hills.
I went on a ride yesterday. Several villages had loads of bunting out and one had a display of a tea party, with life size knitted people (complete with amorous servicemen!). Forgot my phone, so will try to get back for a few pics soon.
matticus
Guru
That's fine - to be clear, I have no problem at all with that!
It just confused me. Partly because even my council-staff partner heard nothing about it - and they're usually all over this stuff.
But mainly cos I don't recall us doing this with other war anniversaries. It's normally one mood or the other. I think. Am I mistaken? Wouldn't be the first time ...
(I'd actually rather we focused on Armistice Day wrt to the lost lives - encompassing all conflicts, all nationalities - but I have total respect for anyone else wanting to honour the dead at another time.)
