SWEETS AT LAST!

This is a photo taken on VE Day. I was five and my brother was eight but I still remember the day.

In the evening there was a party in a marquee for the adults – but us kids stayed up anyway.

All our friends and neighbours from Eric Avenue in Padgate, Warrington, were there.

It was such a happy time, though growing up during the war meant I really didn’t know any other way of life. You’d hear the air raids and knew it was time to run home. It was just what we did.

But the first time we could have sweets, it was amazing – the queues used to go round the block.

There were few men there.

My father had been in the Army from the beginning and was still away.

I now live in Dorset with my husband Colin, 82, and we will soon celebrate our 60th wedding anniversary.

PARTY TIME Local victory celebration & Pamela, five