Welcome to part two of our last lookback at the VE Day 75th Anniversary celebrations in Ashby.

It's been over a week since the festivities and we have been trawling through some of the photos of the day as one final reminder of a memorable day.

And despite being held in lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic, it did not stop the area making the day.

Our main photo is from the Royal Mews in Station Road where residents gathered outside for their own street party.

Many thanks to @Gwangela on Twitter for the picture.

Our main video is from Willesley Gardens where the whole road seemed to be out enjoying themselves including this man playing the guitar in his front garden.

Of course, the main message of the day was remembering who gave their lives during the conflict and the need for VE Day in the first place.

Our picture from the War Memorial in Market Street shows Paul Anderson and PC Mark Arjoo are Rotary Club of Ashby Castle members.

The photo is with the kind permission of Elaine Anderson.

Nationally, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall led a two-minute silence, and later the Queen will address a nation still in lockdown.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed "eternal" gratitude to the wartime generation.

Victory in Europe Day marked the day in 1945 when Britain and its allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, bringing the war in Europe to an end.

This year's celebration was limited as the lockdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic means there will be no large-scale street parties or parades.

But at 15:00 BST, the same time that Winston Churchill addressed the nation on 8 May 1945, BBC One broadcast his words: "We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing, but let us not forget for a moment the toils and efforts that lie ahead."

The commemorations began with a flypast over London by the Royal Air Force display team the Red Arrows, while RAF Typhoon jets flew over Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast.

Then, a piper played at the war memorial near Balmoral, where Prince Charles and Camilla laid flowers and led the country in silent remembrance.

Left at the memorial with Camilla's bouquet was a message paying tribute to her father, Major Bruce Shand - who served with the 12th Royal Lancers during the war - and his regiment "who fought so bravely to give us peace".

A gun salute from Edinburgh Castle marked the beginning and end of the silence, but crowds were absent from many war memorials as people reflected at home.

Later, although large street parties were out of the question, some still managed to get out the bunting for a socially distanced celebration.

In a message, Mr Johnson referred to the virus outbreak, saying it "demands the same spirit of national endeavour" as shown during wartime.

"We can't hold the parades and street celebrations we enjoyed in the past, but all of us who were born since 1945 are acutely conscious that we owe everything we most value to the generation who won the Second World War," he said.

Mr Johnson said: "We survived and eventually triumphed thanks to the heroism of countless ordinary people, who may be elderly today, but who once carried the fate of freedom itself on their shoulders.

"Across the world, our soldiers, sailors and airmen fought the Nazis with courage, ingenuity and stubborn endurance.

"On the home front, women defended our cities against air raids, worked the factories, ran the hospitals and broke enemy codes. People of every age, race and background came together in one supreme effort."

Ashby's VE Day 75 party was to have been held on the Bath Grounds but that was clearly impossible due to lockdown.

But Mayor Graham Allman offered some words on the day despite the cancellation.

Cllr Allman posted: "The whole of the Britain should have been celebrating 75 years since the cessation of fighting WW2 in Europe against the menace of the Evil Axis of Germany (named after the Tripartite Pact 1940).

"'VE Day' - Victory Europe, on Friday 8th May, with massive celebrations taking place around our great country and locally on the Bath Grounds here in the quintessential English Market Town of Ashby de la Zouch organised by Ashby Town Council working closely with the Royal British Legion.

Their fathers' hard-earned medals in a glass memorial case

"However, the threat of a new menace, Covid19 has sadly necessitated these celebrations to be curtailed

"I am a long-standing member of the Royal British Legion, however I never experienced 'uniformed service'.

"However, my Father Gerald Allman served as a Pilot Engineer Chief Petty Officer, flying Swordfish aka "Stringbags" aircraft off Aircraft Carriers of the Royal Fleet Air Arm.

"The Mayoress Charmaigne's Father, Roy Taylor served in the Royal Navy as a Submariner Chief Petty Officer.

"Both brave handsome young men off to war to face an uncertain future and possible mortality.

"Both of our Mothers experienced the joy and traumas of wartime romances ending in marriage. Jane Coopar married Gerald with Roy marrying Grace Ward."

Cllr Allman finished by saying he still has his and his wife's medals displayed at home.

He said: "We honour our fathers with pride and all those brave men and women who took part in WW2 by displaying their hard-earned medals, still with their original ribbons, in a glass memorial case in our home for all who visit to see."