Thur 8 May - After VE Day: The Wartime Secrets Behind Famous Faces

"On 8 May 1945, Winston Churchill announced the end of the War in Europe with a speech broadcast from Downing Street. In that speech he said, “We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing, but let us not forget for a moment the toils and efforts that lie ahead.” After that ‘brief period of rejoicing’ people began to rebuild their lives and whilst many were willingly to speak about their war-time experiences - others remained silent. In this talk ‘After VE Day’ we look at some of the famous faces including politicians, actors, authors, and even spies who kept their war-time work a secret."

We welcome back Philomena Liggins, a local social historian, a former tour guide at Bletchley Park, and an author and a speaker for her first talk of the year, to coincide with the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945; it marked the official end of World War II in Europe in the Eastern Front, with the last known shots fired on 11 May.

Philomena will be signing copies of her books on the night, and will be donating 10% of all book sales to the Royal British Legion. We will also have representatives from the Royal British Legion present on the night selling the commemorative pin badge.

Tickets £5pp, with all ticket sales going to the Royal British Legion. Over 16s only please

FOOD! Gourmet burgers, hotdogs and fries available from The Flavour Trailer - here every Thursday evening from 5pm-9pm!