"It wasn't the end of the war but it felt like it' - Residents at Stourbridge care home talk of their VE day memories

VE Day: the heart-rending memories of an evacuee

A policeman helps young evacuees and the nun escorting them at a London station on 18 May 1940. Imperial War Museum. Unattributed. Public domain. Victory in Europe! On May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered, ending WW11 in Europe. I was 10 years old and remember the street parties well. People were dancing and singing, relieved that things could return to the way they were six years ago. No more sleepless nights waiting for the air raid sirens and the…

"It wasn't the end of the war but it felt like it' - Residents at Stourbridge care home talk of their VE day memories

Parkfield Grange, Hagley Road will mark the occasion next week with a community day for residents with music, refreshments and singing along with a minute's silence to mark the anniversary, which occurs on May 8.