Pauline Green’s Story

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Pauline Green from Middlesbrough was 9 on VE Day, and remembers a party atmosphere in the Linthorpe area of the town. "I can remember everyone dancing and singing – I ended up at the Milk Bar on Linthorpe Road. I was on the balcony playing records while people were dancing in the street – people just went mad!" She recalls gathering around the radio listening to Winston Churchill tell the nation the Second World War was over: "I'll never forget that voice of his", she says. Pauline's has a photo of her husband, John, at a street party – he was just 4-and-a-half years old. Image: John and Pauline