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May the 8th saw the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe, the end of World War Two. 

During last week, like towns and cities across the UK, we celebrated the occasion. We lit a cliff-top beacon, had a parade, and held a seafront concert. 

On Sunday, a street party took place just round the corner from me. You will not be surprised to learn that I took heaps of photograph! Here are some of them – quite a few in fact – plus three very short videos.

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45 thoughts on “Pics!”

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings May 14, 2025 / 14:00

      It was amazing, there were so many veterans there. Lots of people dressed in 40’s clothes too. All in all, our town did us proud.

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      • Sadje's avatar Sadje May 14, 2025 / 14:25

        If only we remember the lessons the war taught us

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  3. Sandee's avatar Sandee May 13, 2025 / 18:41

    A wonderful celebration that most of the world celebrated when it ended. Wish I’d been there and found you. Hubby and I could have celebrated with you.

    Thank you for hosting the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday and rest of the week, Keith. 🙂

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  6. Dale's avatar Dale May 13, 2025 / 20:22

    How fabulous is this? Very! And what a perfect day to be oot and aboot celebrating!

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  7. Lydia C. Lee's avatar Lydia C. Lee May 13, 2025 / 22:37

    I love this. I love that they dressed up in old timey clothes – and how great is the poppy dress?

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    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings May 14, 2025 / 14:34

      A lot of people made the effort to dress up – I couldn’t resist taking that photo!

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  10. Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶's avatar Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶 May 14, 2025 / 01:58

    What a fabulous celebration! Being a patriotic sort myself, I’m very moved by these lovely pix. Thank you for sharing, dear Keith!

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  12. Shiju Sugunan's avatar Shiju Sugunan May 14, 2025 / 08:00

    It’s great to see your community came together to celebrate. I appreciate you capturing these moments.

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  14. My GBGV Life's avatar My GBGV Life May 14, 2025 / 11:08

    We heard on the news about celebrations but wow, that is really an event! Love all the patriotism, craziness, happy folks as well as the memorabilia. I don’t think we have any events that are quite like that over here. Absolutely amazing and so fun!

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    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings May 14, 2025 / 14:54

      It was everything you said and more! I’m so pleased you enjoyed my photos, thank you.

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  15. Roentare's avatar Roentare May 14, 2025 / 11:42

    What a powerful way to honor such a historic milestone—your community’s celebration sounds both heartfelt and joyful, and I can only imagine the spirit captured in all those photographs!

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    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings May 14, 2025 / 14:59

      I was expecting it to be special, but it was far better than I could have imagined! A few hours of glorious celebration!

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  16. CatSynth's avatar CatSynth May 14, 2025 / 16:27

    Looks like quite the celebration of a historic moment.

    Sadly, things were pretty subdued here for VE day, especially given our current context.

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  18. Suzette Benjamin's avatar Suzette Benjamin May 14, 2025 / 18:45

    Wonderful and bright photos, Keith. The weather and the whole event looked fantastic. Love the little minature horse (?) and the festive hats worn by many.

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    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings May 17, 2025 / 12:08

      That was Rosie the Little Grey Pony who often makes an appearance at events around the town! It was great that so many wore 40’s style clothes – plus the union flag bowler hats!

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      • Suzette Benjamin's avatar Suzette Benjamin May 17, 2025 / 15:07

        A great celebration and wonderful photos. Thanks again, Keith. I enjoyed your share. Rosie is adorable!

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  19. csuhpat1's avatar csuhpat1 May 14, 2025 / 22:29

    That is so very cool. What a great celebration. I would have liked that party. Thanks for hosting and I hope that you have a wonderful week.

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  20. magiceye's avatar magiceye May 15, 2025 / 13:44

    Oh wow! That sure is a wonderful celebration, how I wish we could celebrate the end of all wars!

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  21. hilarymb's avatar hilarymb May 18, 2025 / 18:54

    Hi Keith – Bexhill certainly did the country proud … I’d been fund-raising for St Wilfrid’s on the Monday … and met up with a friend for lunch on the 8th … whom I hadn’t seen for a couple of years – so catch up time. Brilliant photos – cheers Hilary

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  22. clickr62's avatar clickr62 May 19, 2025 / 04:50

    The vintage outfits add so much charm. Such a fun and stylish nod to the past!

    Love the photos, Keith!

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