VE Day Celebrations in SW London and Surrey
VE Day Celebrations in SW London and Surrey
Marking 75th anniversary of VE Day, there are some amazing photos of wartime SW London and some activities to do at home
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Watch and listen to VE day celebrations
Enjoy some a brilliant short film including incredible footage and childhood memories of 8 May 1945. Listen to accounts from residents in London Boroughs including: Kingston, Merton and Croydon.
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Kingston Heritage Museum from Home
Kingston Heritage have compiled a Flipbook of photos and records of Kingston’s war effort.
3
Merton VE day archives
Take a fascinating browse through Merton’s photo archives to see everything from air raid shelters in the tube, bombed houses, to Wimbledon Red Cross.
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Imperial War Museum photo collection
Top ten photo collection from the Imperial War Museum’s photo archives, including the photo below of two little girls in Battersea flying their flags
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Dance for Victory
Kingston is encouraging us to get dancing with a series of videos to learn the dance. They will be holding an online flash mob dance at 4pm 8th May, but if you’ve missed it you can still learn the dances.
