65 years ago today was VE day, which stands for ‘Victory in Europe’ and marked the end of the second world war. My Grandmother, Gladys Bennie nee Ellis, who had married a Canadian soldier after only a very few weeks of courtship, travelled from Slough to London a day early, and sat on a pavement all night with countless others to watch the Victory Parade that took place a year later.  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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