top of page
STOKE SUNDAY HISTORY SPOT
Investigating the Past, to Understand the Present, to Plan for the Future
Click HERE for Main History Site
VE Day - 8th May 1945
The US president, Donald Trump, may have have renamed it, but Victory in Europe Day will be marked in many ways this week. At the time it did not seem to make much impression in the village according to the school log book, although the children were given two days off . . .

There was also another day off in July for a special fete . . .


Many of those who had not served in the forces were part of the village Home Guard unit. This is a photo of them taken outside Stoke House.

It was not until the following year that the school children were issued with these certificates (This is Ansy House's)


bottom of page