VE Day Street Parties

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Mairi Campbell of the BBC on behalf of Amy Robinson of the Glasgow Old Peoples Welfare Association and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the sites terms and conditions.

As a teenager I remember the wonderful street parties and the euphoric atmosphere with the flags and bunting, music and lights on everywhere. After six years of growing up in a dismal world it gave us hop for the future.

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