May 2020

After more than 5 and a half years of fighting, 75 Years ago today the war in Europe officially finally came to an end. 

To commemorate the day we present this special It Happened Here episode. Using archive recordings and interviews with our Veterans from both our official Oral History Project and nearly 8 years of podcasts, we hope to take you back to the heady days of early May 1945.

20 of our Veterans will share their memories, both happy and sometimes poignant, of what VE Day and beyond meant to them. Featured in order of appearance are:

Betty Flavell

Peggy Huntingdon

Ron Unwin

Joyce Spurr

Tim Edwards

Pamela Billinton

Lady Marion Body

Elizabeth Ruth Hughes

Mary Sherrard

Joyce Bogoni

Betty Lawrie

Eileen Younghusband

Helene Aldwinckle

Sheila Willson

Walter 'Joe' Wright

Margaret Thomas

Jane Fawcett

Elizabeth Marshall

Stanley Clegg

Marigold Freeman-Attwood

We would like to take this opportunity to thank not just the Veterans of Bletchley Park and its Outstations, but all Veterans, for their service. 

Very special thanks go to Mr Ben Thomson for voicing our archival documents.

Image: WAAFs in Trafalgar Square. With grateful thanks to Mrs Margaret Rowland.

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