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Today will see military parades, tea parties, and church services, but how did Londoners celebrate VE Day in 1945?
The party at Horse Guards Parade will conclude four days of celebrations marking 80 years since victory in Europe was ...
D-Day veteran Mervyn Kirsh got the shock of his life when he returned to London’s Piccadilly Circus today. On VE Day 80 years ago crowds of 50,000 thronged in Piccadilly to party in the packed ...
Black heroes of VE Day: their untold stories of service, sacrifice and strength in the face of war and racism is the subject ...
On VE Day, Winston Churchill made a national radio ... hundreds of thousands of beaming revellers are spilling into the streets around Piccadilly Circus and cabs and buses have been brought ...
We're bringing our coverage of VE Day 80 from across the south of England ... among the crowds outside Buckingham Palace and in Piccadilly Circus in London. Reading Library has shared pictures ...
Singer Victor Ray is to perform for the King at a VE Day concert held near his former ... The concert’s location is close to Piccadilly Circus, which is where Ray used to busk while launching ...
In London, an estimated 50,000 people were packed into Piccadilly Circus by midnight, singing and dancing.Eighty years on, ...
News of the German surrender was eagerly anticipated across the UK in the days leading up to VE Day. Many had already draped their houses with bunting and bought Union flags for the coming ...