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VE Day - are you doing anything?

We will having a minutes silence at 11am, then listen to Churchill's speech at 3pm, and have afternoon tea at 4pm, at the side of our house, so we can talk (shout) to our neighbours who are doing the same thing,

My dad served in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1942 - 1946, and saw action in Sicily and Italy in 1943-1944 and North West Europe in 1945 (he passed away in 2000).

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A few houses have bunting up, and quite a few were outside at 10:10 for the flypast. But I reckon that's all that will happen after the 2 minute silence.

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Our household is observing a 2 minute silence at 11am then during the day we are watching some of the VE Day TV programming.

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Not really, tbh I didn't even know about it until I noticed the bank holiday moved and I looked into why.

This'll likely be the last major anniversary of a WW2 event in an era when a good number of those who were involved in it are still alive. At a push the 80th maybe.

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I don't have a Union Flag, but hung my English flag instead.

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Hoping for the cloud to go away so I can sit in the garden with a beer.

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FYI, this is what the British Legion have put out as a timetable of events.

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Observed the two minutes silence. but that's pretty much it.

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Absorbed in the war documentaries.

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Did the minutes silence this morning.

Going to pour a glass of cognac shortly then lay this bad boy down and start building it:

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Flown by W/O Henryk Dygała of 302 Polish Sqadron. Involved in supporting the Normandy landings hence the invasion stripes rising from the underside.

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Working at a care home.

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Getting out the red wine...

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Just drunk the red wine (Waitrose, of course, OB).

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36034355)

Just drunk the red wine (Waitrose, of course, OB).

Why would one shop anywhere else, Seph? :D
(Great beer range too!)

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36034356)

Why would one shop anywhere else, Seph? :D
(Great beer range too!)

OB, Andrew!

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36034355)

Just drunk the red wine (Waitrose, of course, OB).

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36034356)

Why would one shop anywhere else, Seph? :D
(Great beer range too!)

Things overheard in Waitrose

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1. ‘Darling, do we need parmesan for both houses?’

2. ‘Please don’t rummage in the reduced bin darling, someone from the golf club might see you.’

3. ‘Darling what have I told you? It’s bay-zil, not baz-il. You’re making a fool of us.’

4. ‘You’ll like potato darling, it’s what Gnocchi is made of’

5. ‘No marinated artichokes? It’s like East Berlin in here’

6. ‘I’d never accept anything less than an inquisitively laid egg on my breakfast table.’

7. ‘Ever since they started to offer free coffee in here it has been like a bloody soup kitchen.’

8. ‘I went to ASDA once and the checkout assistant didn’t even know what Cambozola was. Rough as dogs.’

9. ‘Mummy, will we have to sell some of the holiday homes now that we have left the EU?’

10. ‘Simon, don’t get the basic hummus – you’ll make a laughing stock of me’

11. ‘Daddy does lego have a silent ‘T’, like merlot?’

12. ‘Elijah, put those down. I’ve told you what kind of people eat crisps’

13. ‘Don’t forget the Cashmere enriched toilet roll, darling.’

14. ‘Put the Daily Mail down right this instant.’

15. ‘Horatio! Put down that papaya!’

16. ‘It’s hardly Fortnum and Mason darling, but since daddy put me on a budget I’m having to cut back.’

17. ‘Yes darlings I know you have chicken pox but mummy MUST get bits for the dinner party or she’ll be a laughing stock.’
19. ‘Go and pop the charity coupon into one of the boxes. Just nothing to do with the the homeless or gypsies, Isaac.’
21. ‘Lady: Darling? Man: Yes dear? Lady: Cashews and goats’ milk in our basket? Man: For the squirrels of course Lady: Oh you’re good’

22. ‘Where’s the Gin?’

23. ‘Mummy you must get me more quinoa otherwise I’ll be a laughing stock during lunch at school’

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36034370)

OB, Andrew!

Don't worry, Seph. My wine merchants deliver the wine!

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36034377)

Don't worry, Seph. My wine merchants deliver the wine!

Brilliant!

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We didn't really participate in any of the celebrations. We did the minute's silence, and did celebrate inside the house. We didn't go out the front though. My neighbours did. In two groups. One group actually sealed off half the road and had a full-on street party (which went on, with lots of drinking, until about 3am. They were not following the social distancing rules, with kids riding up and down the road, and at least one conga.

The other were a single family. They all sat around in their front garden, having a few drinks. Not too much of a problem, except one member of the family who decided he was going to lean against the tree on the pavement outside his garden.

This was a problem for me because I needed to go shopping. With a trolley full of a *lot* of food, to maintain social distancing, I had to cross the road, and walk up the other pavement. To get up my road, I then had to cross the road back. He stood there and watched as I did that.

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We had a local DJ on his bike entertain us. He rode up and down several of the roads on our estate and we were all careful to keep our distance. So far since lock down he has raised £25,000 for local key workers, charities and cheered up lots of people unable to socialise.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...rkers-18244610