VE Day party group, Twickenham Road, 1945
1945 · Twickenham Road
VE day party Twickenham Road. John Prime.
John Prime writes on Voices of Kingstanding: “Twickenham Road was completely tree lined right up to these celebrations when most were then cut down to feed the bonfires … During the war, and for a couple of years after, large tins of corn beef were available; they were opened using a key … a strip of metal was peeled from around the tin. This strip was an excellent wood cutting saw, you could fell a sapling in just a few minutes.”
Notes
The year is not in the caption; VE Day was in May 1945.
In Voices: “Felling the trees for the VE Day bonfires” (John Prime)
Local memories
What people who knew this place have said about it, in their own words. These are memories, not checked facts.
“I was born at number 186 (the top end) in the late thirties and lived there till 1962. I knew most of the families living around, the Jones, Smith’s, Fellows, Carr’s, Snow’s, Tookey’s, Edgerton’s, Turner’s, Davis’s, Crow’s and numerous others … I too have a photo taken at our VE party which I’ll append.”
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