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VICTORY in Europe Day — the day that Britain and her Allies had b e en lo o k in g forward to for so long — was c e le b ra ted r i g h t r o y a l ly .in Clitheroe.
the Market Place and it was from there at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8th, 1945, that the Mayor, Coun. J . Wilkinson, addressed a huge crowd.
Nations fluttered from the poles arranged around the dais.
Flags of the United .
had assembled to hear the Prime Minister’s pro nouncement, relayed by wireless, in which he stated that Germany had
By 3-30 p.m., residents A dais was erected in
surrendered uncondition ally to the United Nations and that hostilities would officially cease at one minute after 12 that night.
many thousands of people crammed into the Market Place and Castle Street.
For the next half hour,
Young and old, civilians, soldiers, service men on
probably the biggest crowd ever to g ath er there.
leave and former prisoners of war, all jostled good humouredly in what was
Royal Engineers, accom panied by a detachment of the Royal Engineers, added to the liveliness of the proceedings, and, after the Mayor had spoken, provided a programme of popular music and songs.
The Band of the 1st TB by Vivien Meath
A. Lindsay, RE, mounted the dais. The Doxology was sung p r io r to the Mayor’s speech. He told those gathered
the Rev. H. A. Bland, the town clerk, Mr G. Heth- erington and Lt Col. K.
On the stroke of four, the Mayor, his chaplain,
th a t we can still sing proudly ‘B r i to n s never,- never will be slaves.’
from th e h o r ro r s of Nazism — thanksgiving
pride there should be some humility in remembrance of how narrow has been
that, by the King’s wish, May 8th and 9th should be
our first thought be that of thanksgiving for the pres ervation of our country and the great Common wealth of British Nations and for the liberation of the peoples of Europe
He went on to say: “Let
“as far as possible without disorganising essential work, a public holiday, a day of celebration.”
“But with that sense of
our escape from the loss of liberty and freedom and all that we hold dear.
you that this is not the final victory — that still lies ahead. There is still a great task before us to be achieved. The war in the East goes on — the men of the Allied Forces are still in arms, still fighting and laying down their lives in the cause of justice and right.”
“I do not need to remind M a y o r L e a d s O i t h e r o e C h e e r s f o r
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CELEBRATION and commemora tion will be the s tr a te g y for the
weekend. There will be dances, s tre e t parties,
surprisingly, no beacon on Pendle Hill. ■ ' The National Beacon will be lit by Her Majesty the Queen, following a two-minute silence at 8-40 p.m. in Hyde Park, London. All other beacons and bonfires will take their signal from the National
parades, barbecues, gifts, fun days and slide shows throughout the Ribble Valley — but,
event in Clitheroe to'mark VE Day, there will be plenty of community-based activities, v
There are dances in Chatbum, Whalley, Clith-
eroe’s Pendle Club, Newton and Downham, to name a few. Whalley Village Hall Association, Chipping, Read
and Simonstone Parish Councils have organised a weekend of events, while Henthorn VE Day commit tee has a whole fun day planned. There arc parties in Rimington, throughout Clith
eroe, Whalley, Chatbum, Langho, Ribchester and Mellor and many.of the area’s homes for senior, citizens are organising special events. The Whalley. and District Royal . British Legion
is holding a VE Day parade at noon on Sunday, starting from Whalley Parish Church to the vil
Beacon and the nearest, it seems, will be on the sum mit of Weets Hill. Bamoldswick. . Meanwhile, although there is no one single mtyor
lage war memorial and there will be a similar parade in Billington at 2-30 p.m.
towards the events from Ribble Valley Council. • For more details of events, see our “Lifestyle”
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the Prime Minister’s proc lamation: “Advance Bri tannia! Long live the cause of freedom! God Save the
His speech ended with King.”
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