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Formby marks 75 years on from the end of World War 2 in Europe

75 years ago, on 8 May 1945, the world celebrated victory and the end of World War 2 in Europe, marking 1 of the greatest moments in history. On 8 May 2020, the UK had planned to mark the day with big celebrations, sadly we face a new battle with COVID-19. But the UK still marked the day in a very British way. This is a very quick clip taken in Formby of the socially distanced street parties. Back in 1995 our Editor photographed the VE/VJ 50th Anniversary celebrations in Formby, as the official photographer, some of the photos have been used by Joan Rimmer in a book. Patrick Trollope had hoped to have some of the photos on display in the Village for the 75th Anniversary, but COVID-19 has put that to bed, so we are currently getting a digital arc hive ready of them. We hope it will be ready for the 75 Anniversary of VJ Day, later this year. Today, we all face a new war, with COVID-19, changing our world for the foreseeable future, but  thankfully for the generations that followed we will never be able to fully understand or know what that generation had to endure and what that brake in hostilities must have meant for so many.  These are some photos and a video clip, taken by Patrick Trollope of the 75th Celebrations in Formby Village. Please email us your memories of the event and also if you have any memories of the 50 Anniversary or even VE or VJ day in 1945, to News24@SouthportReporter.Com.  We would like to to stress that all those taking part in the celebrations that we photographed where fully complying with Social Distancing!