What an anti-climax!

I thought that the end of the war was a bit of an anti-climax because people were saying “the war’s finished….I think…. Isn’t it?” and it sort of went like that. We were all waiting for someone to say “Yes, Yes the war’s finished!” but it didn’t happen of course until that evening, or the next day, and so it really wasn’t official until then.

Now we have VE Day, and we all know and we can all arrange parties.

We had a street party when it was made official. We put tables all down the street. Where I live was a cul-de-sac which used to go down to the church and the playing fields so it was perfect for the occasion. And from somewhere amazingly they got all sorts of food — it was amazing where it appeared from. But it was really fun!

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Becky Barugh of the BBC Radio Shropshire CSV Action Desk on behalf of Alvin Mansfield and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

See more of Alvin's stories:

• School Shifts
• Just imagine the headlines!
• Underground tunnels
• Keep going, keep going…
• The Evacuation Line
• An extra egg
• In retrospect I was very lucky
• Swaps

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