VE Day 75 In Ashby... Part Three: 1940s Music Rings Out Across One Estate, A Poppy Appeal Reminder And More Photos

By Graham Hill

9th May 2020 | Local News

Here is the third part of our selection of photos and videos from Ashby's VE Day celebrations - and if we have not included your pictures then send them into us.

You can email them to [email protected] and we will put them online.

In this section, you can click on the video above to hear how Pennine Way rang out to the sounds of the 1940s as residents held their street party.

And our main photo features Paul and Pauline Stokes from Abbotsford Road who are Poppy Appeal Organisers in Ashby and work with the Royal British Legion.

Paul was in full uniform for the day, they received a number of donations and new volunteers are always welcome.

And we have another range of photos from Ashby here.

The town's residents reported a real sense of community on show during the day as neighbours marked the occasion together while remembering social distancing measures.

The feeling was that Ashby is large enough to be a town and small enough to be a community.

Nationally, it was reported that Britain marked the 75th anniversary of VE Day in lockdown

With RAF Typhoon jets and Red Arrows flying above the UK.

Families and neighbours were in good spirits as they marked the occasion with socially distanced street parties and picnics on their drives after the royals and Prime Minister earlier led a two-minute silence.

The Independent newspaper reflected on how times have changed since VE Day.

It said the current Covid-19 crisis will seem only too familiar for the generation that survived the war.

Today, families are going through a period that has seen them suffer almost as many deaths as they endured during the Blitz and the UK faces another huge challenge to turn around its economy when the pandemic finally passes.

All of us can expect major social changes, too – in the way we work, travel, shop, play, access healthcare and even how we interact with our friends and family.

But there are lessons that can be learned from that era and the men and women who earned that victory on VE Day.

Captain Tom Moore, who has raised more than £32m for the NHS by walking 100 lengths of his garden before his 100th birthday, has come to represent what they gave to us when the nation celebrated 75 years ago.

"People keep saying to me what I have done is remarkable, however it's actually what you have done for me which is remarkable," he said, praising the Britons who donated the money.

"Please always remember. Tomorrow will be a good day."

     

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