65 years ago today was VE day, which stand for ‘Victory in Europe’ and marked the end of the second world war. My Grandmother, Gladys Bennie nee Ellis, who had married a Canadian pilot after only a very few weeks of courtship, travelled from Slough to London the day before, and sat on a pavement all night with countless others to watch the Victory parade.  She missed her last train home and only made it as far as Windsor. Gladys went to the local police station and explained her situation. They very kindly made her up a bed in one of the cells (a lot cleaner in those days I should imagine), cooked her breakfast in the morning and she then made her way home.

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