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Clithcroe Advertiser £• Times, May 4th, 1995 17 T H E N A T IO N GIVES TH A N K S


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CHILDREN and adults alike took to Clithcroe’s Milton Street in Septem­ ber, 1915, to celebrate the end of the Second World


War. A wonderful victory


party was enjoyed by all the children of the street and I’yc’s of Clithcroe was on hand to record it. This picture has been


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VICTORY came late in Clitheroe— if this, invitation issued to local young- , sters is anything to go by!


A bottle of mineral water and a bun were up for grabs by the town s children, on the Castle Field, to mark VE Day.


. But the invitation is dated June 6th, 1946, nearly a year after the official VE - Clitheroe Borough Council.


the time, is puzzled as to why the Clitheroe celebration took place a year ad later. The Invitation contains the wording: “This ticket entitles the holder to


As VE Day was offleialiy May 8th, 1945, Mrs Hall, who was a child at ' ■ , „ „ . . . . . ,


mission to the castle grounds and to receive one bottle of mineral water and one bun,” “That’s how tight things were!” Mrs Hall commented.


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°1Srsap a t Hall, of Pimlico Road, was searching through her wartime memorabilia and came across the invitation, which was issued by the then


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THE summer of 1945 celebrations in St Mary s Street, Clitheroe, made a lasting impression on Mr Neil


Parkinson.


when his neighbours and residents of Brennand Street and Waddington Road joined together for a Victory in Europe street party.


The photograph was taken by Hargreaves Artists, Photographers and r me Art Dealers, of Clitheroe.


Mr Parkinson is just visible, seated on the left hand side of the table wearing a tall dark paper hat.


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Can anyone explain reason for late celebration?


Still a resident of St Mary’s Street, Mr Parkinson was five years old „ „ ,. ,,


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