VE Day 8 May 1945 to 8 May 2020 --- 75 Years

I have been trying to glean notes on this day relating to the mood of the village.

I imagine the news would have reached the rural areas by wireless. Speeches from the King and the Prime Minister were broadcast.

There must have been a mixture of joy and sadness for the families who had lost loved ones and many were still fighting abroad.

The newspaper of the day gave the two reports:

  Feniton had lost four of its sons.

 The men are commemorated on a stained glass window in Feniton Church.

Name	WW	Rank	Date	Age
Gordon Channon	2	Sgt Air Gunner	29/1/1944	19
Paul Clifford	2	Flt Lt	16/10/1945	24
Ernest Lovering	2	Petty Officer Regulating	9/4/1942	34
Frederick Woodly	2	Cadet (Radio)	1/7/1941	17

Today the country is in lockdown due to the Corvid - 19 so the villagers marked the day by having  a cream in their front gardens, keeping the prescribed 2 meters distance.  A Willey's Jeep was driven through the village, a vehicle well know in the day.

Our Daughter in Law and Grandsons sent over a lovely VE Day tea.

The children are not at school due the virus, doing their school work remotely. William has made this wonderful model to mark VE Day with a Spitfire flying over the White Cliffs of Dover.