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07-05-2025
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VE Day 80th celebrations in Lincolnshire
Celebrations are to take place across Lincolnshire to mark Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. On 8 May 1945, people around the world celebrated Germany's surrender, which had been agreed the previous day. Victory in Europe (VE Day) comes ahead of Victory in Japan Day (VJ Day) on 15 August, which commemorates the end of the 1939 - 1945 conflict. Here is a selection of events being held across the county to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The memorial Spire is at the heart of the International Bomber Command Centre [IBCC] A thanksgiving service will be held at the International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) , The Spire, Lincoln on 11 May at 10:30 BST. The IBCC is dedicated to the 58,000 men and women who lost their lives serving or supporting Bomber Command during World War Two. Skegness flypast Events in Skegness include a ukulele band, a standards parade, flags raised and thanksgiving speech from the mayor between 10:00 to 12.30 BST on 8 May. On 10 May, The Skegness Branch of the Royal British Legion and Skegness Carnival are hosting an event which includes vintage military vehicles, stalls, 1940s music and local choirs from 10:00 to 16:00 BST. Both events will be held at Tower Gardens in Skegness, include a Battle of Britain Memorial flypast and are free of charge. Boston events Organised events include The Haven VE Day Celebrations at White House Lane in Boston from 10:30 to 18:00 BST on 8 May. A spokesperson from Boston Borough Council said: "We're inviting everyone to come together for the Great British Food Festival for a day of fun, food, and to honour the veterans who ensured we could live peacefully today." Grantham celebrations On 8 May, military exhibits will be on display at Wyndham Park's visitor centre, alongside music and dance from Grantham School of Dance, followed by a beacon lighting at 21:30 BST. South Kesteven District Council Cabinet member for Armed Forces, Councillor Phil Dilks, said: "It's vital that we never forget the sacrifices of so many who fought for our freedoms." Beacon lighting In Burgh le Marsh, celebrations begin with a service at the parish church from 16:30 BST on 8 May, followed by a BBQ, games and a school choir performance at Windmill restaurant. The event will conclude with the lighting of the town's beacon at 21:00. In Wellingore, there will be a beacon lighting event on 8 May at 21:30 followed by a VE Day anniversary evening at Wellingore Memorial Hall on 10 May, featuring a 16-piece big band. Waltham picnic A 1940s themed picnic will be held at Waltham Windmill on the 10 May from 11:00 to 15:00 BST. The free event includes face painting, food stalls, evacuation train rides, a quiz and balloon-modelling. Live music and dancing will top off the event and a prize for the best 1940s outfit. South Holland events Veterans will be in attendance when South Holland District Council raises the flag outside its council offices on Priory Road, Spalding, at 11:00 BST on 8 May. In Carters Park in Holbeach lamps of peace will be lit, food stalls, music and the lighting of the beacon will take place on 8 May from 17:00 to 22:00 BST. Branston vehicles Food, music and games will kick off events at Branston and Mere Village Hall from 12:00 to 18:00 BST on 10 May. A range of vehicles from the 1940s and military will also be on display. Dambusters hotel event Blind Veterans UK charity is holding a day-long event at the Petwood Hotel in Woodhall Spa on 8 May. The building was the headquarters of the 617 Dambusters RAF squadron in World War Two. Around 50 blind veterans will attend the event which features a parade of military vehicles, readings from local schoolchildren, food and music. The Battle of Britain memorial flight fly over the hotel with Spitfires and Hurricanes. Events start at 11:00 BST with the military convoy and the flypast is scheduled at 16:00. Are you planning a VE Day event? Let us know. Email looknorthemail@ Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. More related stories Related internet links
Glasgow Times
06-05-2025
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Rutherglen woman's VE Day tribute as Glasgow marks 80th anniversary
This week marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Eileen's family was 'one of the lucky ones', says her daughter, Dorothy, because they emerged from the Second World War unscathed. 'They lived on Victoria Street, which was a very dangerous position, opposite the railway and near to the River Clyde and Dalmarnock Power Station, all prime bombing targets for the German air force,' explains Dorothy. There had been near misses, though, she adds. 'On March 13, 1941, my mum had just arrived home from firewatching in Woolworth's on Rutherglen Main Street, when the sirens went off,' says Dorothy. 'As she heard the whistle of bombs being dropped, she threw herself on top of her mother, who was sitting under the archway of the kitchen door, and her sister Bessie dived under the kitchen table.' Jack and Eileen Connor on their wedding day (Image: Courtesy of Dorothy Connor) She adds: 'There was an official air raid shelter opposite the house, but it was considered more dangerous as it was nearer the railway. 'Folk in the upstairs tenements came down and stood in the closes. The men usually went outside to see what they could but on this night, they threw themselves to the ground as another bomb whistled and thudded down. 'My mum saw the German plane in the searchlights. He dropped the rest of his bombs and got away.' READ NEXT: Tragic story behind Glasgow comedy club's new home READ NEXT: 6 photos which tell story of great Glasgow department store Lewis's That night – which became known as the Clydebank Blitz though it also affected many areas of Glasgow – there was considerable loss of life in the city, says Dorothy. 'Kent Street, near to the Barras, Allan Street, near the Power Station and in Dryburgh Avenue, Rutherglen…' she adds. 'Rutherglen Academy was also hit. 'It wasn't just the nighttime raids people feared. My mum remembered seeing two planes involved in a dog fight near the railway when she was going home in her lunch hour.' Rutherglen Town Hall became an emergency centre in the aftermath of the Clydebank Blitz giving temporary shelter and food to those who had lost everything. 'My mum, who was a supervisor in Woolworth's, remembered one woman wandering round the store in a daze, her clothes in tatters,' she says. 'All her family had been killed. 'Shop staff made tea and gave what comfort they could.' Jack Connor (Image: Courtesy of Dorothy Connor) A world away in Burma, Jack Connor - a royal artillery gunner, deep in the thick of the fighting in the jungle against the Japanese, wrote a letter home. 'Is the Town Hall still so ancient and rugged, is the Odeon still so clean and majestic?' he wrote. 'I imagine that if one were away for a decade things would still remain the same. I hope that Ru'glen's wee roon red lums reek briskly as always.' It was August 15, 1945 before Victory in Japan Day (VJ Day) was declared, and the war in the Far East was over. Jack returned to Rutherglen, and to his job as a hospital engineer at the Southern General (now the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital) in Govan, in April 1946. A clippie celebrates on VE Day in 1945 (Image: Newsquest) Jack Connor and Eileen Kelly met on Hogmanay 1947, and they were married exactly a year later. Sadly Jack died in 1990 and Eileen in 2010. On VE Day in 1945, there was dancing in the streets everywhere (Image: Newsquest) On VE Day, 80 years ago, people danced in huge ring-o'-roses circles stretching the entire length of Rutherglen Main Street, around George Square, and all over the city, as the lights came on again. Dorothy adds: 'In 2015 I was privileged to speak and sing at a VE Day event in Rutherglen Library where once again the townspeople joined hands and remembered those we lost. 'Those of us who have lived our whole lives in peace can perhaps pause for a moment and remember that in cities, towns and villages all over the country, we are all walking in the footsteps of the bravest of the brave.' Dorothy's book Home Town Tales is on sale at Rutherglen Town Hall and Rutherglen Library and will be reprinted next year in time for the Royal Burgh's 900th anniversary, along with her new book, Time Travellers Tales.
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03-05-2025
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VE Day celebrations across the North West
Celebrations are set to take place across the North West to mark Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. On 8 May 1945, people around the world celebrated Germany's surrender, which had been agreed the previous day. Victory in Europe (VE Day) comes comes ahead of Victory in Japan Day (VJ Day) on 15 August, which commemorates the ultimate end of the 1939 - 1945 conflict. Here is a selection of events being held across the region to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Blackburn A service will be held at 16:00 BST on 11 May at Blackburn Cathedral. Prior to the service, a parade led by the Band of the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment with the Band of the Lancashire Artillery Volunteers will take place through the town centre, with cadets, scouts and guides from organisations across the county. Preston A street party including live music, food, games and a quiz is due to take place at The Wilbraham Club on Geoffrey Street in Preston from 12:00 – 18:00 on Monday. A celebration event with a choir, Morris dancing and a ukulele band is planned at Whitechapel Village Hall in Preston from 11:00 – 15:00 on Monday. Beacon lighting event featuring a choir will take place at the Flag Market at 20:45 - 21:30 on Thursday. Burnley A VE event with military vehicles, stalls and a lone piper performance is set to take place at the Read and Simonstone Constitutional Club in Read, near Padiham, from 12:00 – 17:00 on Monday. Guests are asked to wear 1940s clothes. Veterans and civic guests will gather outside Burnley Town Hall at 08:55 on Thursday to hear a proclamation of freedom, democracy and peace, followed by the raising of the VE80 Day flag. A service of remembrance will take place at the Peace Gardens, located between Burnley Central Library and Thompson Car Park, at 11:00 on Thursday. Beacon lighting and lantern tribute is planned at at the Singing Ringing Tree on Crown Point from 20:45 - 22:00 on Thursday. Chorley A VE Day proclamation will be read out by town crier outside Chorley Town Hall at 09:00 on Thursday. Rivington Pike will be illuminated with light projections from 21:00 on Thursday. A beacon will be lit at the war memorial at Astley Memorial Park in Chorley at 21:30 on Thursday. It will include a tribute read by the Mayor of Chorley Gordon France and music by Rivington and Adlington Brass Band. Picnic in the Park with a VE Day theme will take place at Astley Park in Chorley from 12:00 to 16:00 on 11 May. Ribble Valley An all-day party featuring a wartime singalong with a community choir as well as 1940s ballroom dancing is due to be held at St Mary's Community Hall in Sabden on Saturday. The council will raise the official VE Day flag at Clitheroe Castle to mark the start of the day-long celebrations on Thursday. A beacon lighting will take place at the castle at 21:30 with music from Clitheroe Town Band and the choir from St Mary's Church in Clitheroe. Morecambe A flag-raising ceremony is scheduled at 11:00 on Thursday at Morecambe Town Hall. Morecambe Brass Band will perform a variety of songs at The Platform in Morecambe at 19:00 on Thursday. A beacon lighting will take place at the bottom of the stone jetty between the Midland Hotel and the RNLI station in Morecambe at 21:30 on Thursday. Blackpool A flag-raising ceremony is set to be held at the Town Hall on Talbot Square from 08:45 - 09:00 on Thursday. A ceremony of reflection is planned for 11:00 at the Fylde Arboretum and Memorial Garden on Moor Park Avenue. A celebration event hosted by BBC Radio Lancashire's Hayley Kay is planned on Tower Festival Headland, Blackpool Promenade from 19:30 - 21:30. There will be performances from Dad's Army Band and a George Formby tribute. Singer Beverley Alexander will lead a communal rendition of I Vow to Thee My Country. Blackpool will join the national beacon-lighting ceremony by illuminating Blackpool Tower in red, white and blue at 21:30. Fylde There will be music and speeches at a celebration event at Fairhaven Lake from 18:30 on Thursday. Hyndburn An evening of entertainment and reflection will take place at Immanuel Parish Church in Oswaldtwistle at 19:30 on Thursday. Manchester At least 20 street parties will be held across Manchester to mark Victory in Europe (VE) Day on Monday. Oldham A parade featuring a brass band is due to take place at Royton Cricket Club in Oldham at 12:00. Live performances by Abbi-Kaye, also known as Viva la Vintage, will be held at Tommyfield Market at 10:00, 12:00 and 14:00 on Thursday. A commemorative message card will be located at Spindles - outside Next - where the public can sign and share their thoughts, which will be displayed for everyone to read on Thursday. Oldham's Civic Centre will be illuminated for the final time, marking a tribute to those who served and reflecting on the end of an era for the building on Thursday. Bury A service of remembrance is due to be held at Bury Parish Church at 18:15 on Thursday including a proclamation, the lighting of a candle of peace, and sharing memories of Bury from 19:45. Salford A commemorative event will take place in the sunken gardens at the front of Salford Civic Centre from 21:00 on Thursday. It includes a specially-commissioned fire and light installation from Walk the Plank, lasting for 80 minutes, and a soundtrack of spoken voices created by a local artist featuring people of Salford's reflections on peace. Bolton A civic service will take place at Bolton Parish Church at 19:30 on Thursday, followed by the beacon lighting at the top of the church tower at 21:30. Wigan A military-themed event featuring a band is planned at Mesnes Park in Wigan from 11:00 – 16:00 on 10 May. Stockport A tea dance is due to take place at Stockport Town Hall from 13:00 -16:00 on Wednesday. The 'We Can't Celebrate; The War isn't Over Yet' exhibition opens to the public at War Memorial Art Gallery on 9 May. Rochdale A service is to be held at Rochdale Cenotaph on The Esplanade from 10:45 - 11:30 on Thursday. Liverpool A 50-piece band comprising the Liverpool Scottish Regimental Association Pipes and Drums accompanied by The Scot Guards Association Pipes & Drums, the Wirral Pipe Band and the 103 Artillery Pipes and Drums will perform a selection of tunes on Sunday at 13:00 outside Liverpool Town Hall on Castle Street. The bells at Liverpool's two cathedrals and Liverpool Parish Church will ring out at 18:30. Four beacons behind Liverpool Town Hall will also be lit as a symbol of peace and remembrance at 21:30 accompanied by civic dignitary speeches and a lone piper. Knowsley Landmarks including the Greystone Road Bridge on the M62 and Archway Road railway bridge will be illuminated in red, white and blue between 5 and 8 May. The church bells will ring at 11:00 on Thursday at St Mary's Church in Prescot. Halton A celebration event is due to be held at Victoria Park in Widnes from 12:00 - 16:00 on Sunday including an inflatable assault course, face painting, arts and crafts, paintball, and live music at the bandstand. Local schools will also honour soldiers named on the Cenotaph by labelling crosses, followed by a short service. Sefton A VE Day party with live music is due to take place at the Thatch & Thistle pub on Allerton Road in Southport from 12:00 - 16:00 on Sunday. Wirral A garden party is due to take place at St Mary's Church on Withens Lane in Wallasey on Monday, with refreshments including cake and sandwiches. The bells will ring at 13:00. A commemoration service will be held at 14:00 followed by an afternoon of entertainment at Fort Perch Rock in New Brighton on Thursday. St Helens A VE celebration is due to be held at Rainford Village Hall in St Helens in partnership with Standing Tall Foundation from 13:00 – 16:00 on Thursday. Children from the local schools will read a poem and sing. Chester A service is due to take place at Chester Cathedral at 17:30 on Thursday followed by a concert at Chester Town Hall Square at 20:30. The lighting of the beacon of peace will take place at 21:30 outside Chester Town Hall. Cheshire West and Cheshire More details of events organised by parish and town councils in the Cheshire West and Cheshire constituency can be found here. Warrington A celebration event - hosted by The Warrington Armed Forces Community Support Hub in partnership with The Bunker - will be held at Orford Park from 11:00 on 10 May. Send details of your VE Day events and celebrations to Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230. VE Day 2025 - All the street parties in Manchester How is VE Day being marked around the UK? VE Day: What is it, when is it and why do we remember?
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03-05-2025
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VE Day celebrations across the North West
Celebrations are set to take place across the North West to mark Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. On 8 May 1945, people around the world celebrated Germany's surrender, which had been agreed the previous in Europe (VE Day) comes comes ahead of Victory in Japan Day (VJ Day) on 15 August, which commemorates the ultimate end of the 1939 - 1945 is a selection of events being held across the region to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Lancashire BlackburnA service will be held at 16:00 BST on 11 May at Blackburn Cathedral. Prior to the service, a parade led by the Band of the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment with the Band of the Lancashire Artillery Volunteers will take place through the town centre, with cadets, scouts and guides from organisations across the street party including live music, food, games and a quiz is due to take place at The Wilbraham Club on Geoffrey Street in Preston from 12:00 – 18:00 on Monday. A celebration event with a choir, Morris dancing and a ukulele band is planned at Whitechapel Village Hall in Preston from 11:00 – 15:00 on lighting event featuring a choir will take place at the Flag Market at 20:45 - 21:30 on VE event with military vehicles, stalls and a lone piper performance is set to take place at the Read and Simonstone Constitutional Club in Read, near Padiham, from 12:00 – 17:00 on Monday. Guests are asked to wear 1940s and civic guests will gather outside Burnley Town Hall at 08:55 on Thursday to hear a proclamation of freedom, democracy and peace, followed by the raising of the VE80 Day flag.A service of remembrance will take place at the Peace Gardens, located between Burnley Central Library and Thompson Car Park, at 11:00 on lighting and lantern tribute is planned at at the Singing Ringing Tree on Crown Point from 20:45 - 22:00 on VE Day proclamation will be read out by town crier outside Chorley Town Hall at 09:00 on Pike will be illuminated with light projections from 21:00 on Thursday.A beacon will be lit at the war memorial at Astley Memorial Park in Chorley at 21:30 on Thursday. It will include a tribute read by the Mayor of Chorley Gordon France and music by Rivington and Adlington Brass in the Park with a VE Day theme will take place at Astley Park in Chorley from 12:00 to 16:00 on 11 ValleyAn all-day party featuring a wartime singalong with a community choir as well as 1940s ballroom dancing is due to be held at St Mary's Community Hall in Sabden on council will raise the official VE Day flag at Clitheroe Castle to mark the start of the day-long celebrations on Thursday.A beacon lighting will take place at the castle at 21:30 with music from Clitheroe Town Band and the choir from St Mary's Church in flag-raising ceremony is scheduled at 11:00 on Thursday at Morecambe Town Brass Band will perform a variety of songs at The Platform in Morecambe at 19:00 on Thursday.A beacon lighting will take place at the bottom of the stone jetty between the Midland Hotel and the RNLI station in Morecambe at 21:30 on flag-raising ceremony is set to be held at the Town Hall on Talbot Square from 08:45 - 09:00 on Thursday.A ceremony of reflection is planned for 11:00 at the Fylde Arboretum and Memorial Garden on Moor Park Avenue. A celebration event hosted by BBC Radio Lancashire's Hayley Kay is planned on Tower Festival Headland, Blackpool Promenade from 19:30 - 21:30. There will be performances from Dad's Army Band and a George Formby tribute. Singer Beverley Alexander will lead a communal rendition of I Vow to Thee My will join the national beacon-lighting ceremony by illuminating Blackpool Tower in red, white and blue at 21: will be music and speeches at a celebration event at Fairhaven Lake from 18:30 on Thursday. HyndburnAn evening of entertainment and reflection will take place at Immanuel Parish Church in Oswaldtwistle at 19:30 on Thursday. Greater Manchester ManchesterAt least 20 street parties will be held across Manchester to mark Victory in Europe (VE) Day on parade featuring a brass band is due to take place at Royton Cricket Club in Oldham at 12: performances by Abbi-Kaye, also known as Viva la Vintage, will be held at Tommyfield Market at 10:00, 12:00 and 14:00 on Thursday.A commemorative message card will be located at Spindles - outside Next - where the public can sign and share their thoughts, which will be displayed for everyone to read on Civic Centre will be illuminated for the final time, marking a tribute to those who served and reflecting on the end of an era for the building on service of remembrance is due to be held at Bury Parish Church at 18:15 on Thursday including a proclamation, the lighting of a candle of peace, and sharing memories of Bury from 19: A commemorative event will take place in the sunken gardens at the front of Salford Civic Centre from 21:00 on Thursday. It includes a specially-commissioned fire and light installation from Walk the Plank, lasting for 80 minutes, and a soundtrack of spoken voices created by a local artist featuring people of Salford's reflections on civic service will take place at Bolton Parish Church at 19:30 on Thursday, followed by the beacon lighting at the top of the church tower at 21: military-themed event featuring a band is planned at Mesnes Park in Wigan from 11:00 – 16:00 on 10 May. StockportA tea dance is due to take place at Stockport Town Hall from 13:00 -16:00 on Wednesday. The 'We Can't Celebrate; The War isn't Over Yet' exhibition opens to the public at War Memorial Art Gallery on 9 May. RochdaleA service is to be held at Rochdale Cenotaph on The Esplanade from 10:45 - 11:30 on Thursday. Merseyside and Halton LiverpoolA 50-piece band comprising the Liverpool Scottish Regimental Association Pipes and Drums accompanied by The Scot Guards Association Pipes & Drums, the Wirral Pipe Band and the 103 Artillery Pipes and Drums will perform a selection of tunes on Sunday at 13:00 outside Liverpool Town Hall on Castle bells at Liverpool's two cathedrals and Liverpool Parish Church will ring out at 18:30. Four beacons behind Liverpool Town Hall will also be lit as a symbol of peace and remembrance at 21:30 accompanied by civic dignitary speeches and a lone including the Greystone Road Bridge on the M62 and Archway Road railway bridge will be illuminated in red, white and blue between 5 and 8 church bells will ring at 11:00 on Thursday at St Mary's Church in celebration event is due to be held at Victoria Park in Widnes from 12:00 - 16:00 on Sunday including an inflatable assault course, face painting, arts and crafts, paintball, and live music at the schools will also honour soldiers named on the Cenotaph by labelling crosses, followed by a short service. SeftonA VE Day party with live music is due to take place at the Thatch & Thistle pub on Allerton Road in Southport from 12:00 - 16:00 on garden party is due to take place at St Mary's Church on Withens Lane in Wallasey on Monday, with refreshments including cake and sandwiches. The bells will ring at 13:00.A commemoration service will be held at 14:00 followed by an afternoon of entertainment at Fort Perch Rock in New Brighton on Thursday. St HelensA VE celebration is due to be held at Rainford Village Hall in St Helens in partnership with Standing Tall Foundation from 13:00 – 16:00 on Thursday. Children from the local schools will read a poem and sing. Cheshire ChesterA service is due to take place at Chester Cathedral at 17:30 on Thursday followed by a concert at Chester Town Hall Square at 20:30. The lighting of the beacon of peace will take place at 21:30 outside Chester Town West and CheshireMore details of events organised by parish and town councils in the Cheshire West and Cheshire constituency can be found here. WarringtonA celebration event - hosted by The Warrington Armed Forces Community Support Hub in partnership with The Bunker - will be held at Orford Park from 11:00 on 10 details of your VE Day events and celebrations to Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
BBC News
07-04-2025
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VE Day 80th anniversary: How is it being marked around the UK?
VE Day stands for Victory in Europe day, a key event at the end of WW2. On 8 May 1945 people all over the world celebrated Germany's surrender, which had been agreed the previous day. It comes ahead of VJ Day - Victory in Japan Day - on 15 August which commemorates the end of the year will be VE Day's 80th anniversary, with lots of exciting events planned from Monday 5 until the anniversary itself on Thursday 8 May. As events to mark the 75th anniversary were disrupted by the Covid pandemic, the celebrations will be even more special this year - here's a taster of what you can expect to see. 5 May A military procession is planned to take place from Whitehall, in central London, to Buckingham Palace. It will be followed by a flypast of current and historical military aircraft, including the famous Red Arrows. The union flag will be placed on the Cenotaph, on Whitehall - a national war memorial dedicated to those who died in the First and Second World Wars and other conflicts are also due to be street parties and community gatherings across the country, including on board warship HMS Belfast in London! 6 May Did you know poppies are a symbol of remembrance? They are often worn to show respect for those who died as part of wars and other conflicts. At the Tower of London a special display of ceramic poppies is set to be installed. The new display will resemble a 'wound' at the heart of the Tower, which was itself bombed during the Blitz and still bears some of those scars today. Poppies will pour across the lawn overlooked by the ancient White Tower, where the red flowers will form a crater, with ripples flowing landmarks across the UK will be lit up, so there might even be one near you, you could go and see. 7 May On the evening of the 7 May 1945, people received a very special newsflash telling them that the next day would be Victory in Europe Day. To commemorate this important historic moment, there will be a Victory in Europe Day Anniversary Concert in the famous Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster in central London. The Parliament Choir will be singing so you might see some famous faces from the world of UK politics as a part of it, and although it's not open to the public its likely to be on TV. 8 May A service will be held in Westminster Abbey as both a service of remembrance for those who died and a celebration of the end of the events will be brought to a close with a huge concert at the historic Horse Guards Parade and 10,000 members of the public will be able to get tickets. As well as musicians, there will be theatre and film stars to help tell the story of victory and the impact of the Second World War in elsewhere in London, at the Royal Albert Hall, the party atmosphere will continue with music, dancing and first-hand stories from people who were alive for VE back all the way back in 1945. Newsround will be in the thick of all the action so watch our bulletins to find out more.
