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" The Loweswater VE Day +80 Celebrations " Date & start time: 5th May 2025, Midday start. Location of Start : The Loweswater Village Hall, Cumbria, Uk. ( NY 140 210) Places visited : Nowhere else. Walk details : Round the Hall and outside for photos. Highest point : The completion of another successful village get-together. Walked with : Myself and Loes, plus 66 other folk. Weather : Sunshine and blue skies.
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The Village Hall organised a VE Day +80 Celebration on Bank Holiday Monday. In traditional style the village set to, "put the flags out", dressed the Hall, dressed themselves, got cooking and turned up on the Monday lunchtime for a village get-together to celebrate he day, a day that included singing and dancing and even a fly-past. [ not too many photos as we were busy organising and enjoying ourselves ]
Decked the halls and laid the tables the day before, all ready for 66 pre-booked places.
Just as the event started we had a rather different fly-past . . . normally it is fast jets screaming up the valley. No "Red Arrows" for us today . . . they were down flying over Buckingham Palace.
Our visitor was a four jet-engined leviathon cruising slowly and effortlessly up the valley at little more than 500 ft above us. I believe it's a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III of the US Air Force Transport division, which flew on up the valley and climbed last minute to clear Honister Pass. - - - o o o - - -
There was even a plate of retro-style Spam Sandwiches !
After the main course, the table was re-laid with desserts, cheese and biscuits.
The middle table enjoying their desserts. Betty, here in the blue cardigan, celebrated the original VE Day here in the valley, which was held at the School House. That building was extended in the 1950's to become the Village Hall, the very place that we are today. She's here celebrating again 80 years later. Her fellow school mate who was also here that day was William, who was sitting next to Marion in the last photo.
Getting in the mood . . . and the music hadn't begun yet !
Time for everyone to walk outside onto the playground / car parking area for a photo.
John (the photographer) and Andy try to arrange everyone into some semblance of an organised group. [ Perhaps we could have organised one of the farmers to herd them together ? ]
I catch a quick photo before everyone was finally in place.
After the photo we all returned indoors, to be entertained by Cath and Emma.
Having cleared the food table there was plenty of space for people to join in.
Kath, like many others, was dressed in style for the afternoon.
The "Official Valley Photo" taken at the Village Hall on Monday by John MacFarlane. The competition for the best dressed lady and gent in 1940's style went to Laura Robinson (black dress front row) and Ted Furniss (hat and yellow tie) in the back row. Should you wish a copy of this photo, please contact John Macfarlane - - - o o o - - -
- - - o o o - - - Technical note: Pictures taken with my iPhone 11pro mobile phone camera. Resized in Photoshop, and built up on a Dreamweaver web builder. This site best viewed with . . . Cath and Emma and the audience in good voice. Go to Home Page . . . © RmH . . . Email me here Previous walk - 6th April 2025 - St Andrews For a Birthday - 1 - A previous time up here - 2nd June 2022 - The Loweswater Hall Village Celebrations
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