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THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — www.findonvillage.com created by Valerie Martin, contains scenes from her home village of Findon, West Sussex, U.K.
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VICTORY PAGEANT
Copyright Valerie Martin 2007
In September 2007, John Greves of
Walton on Thames in Surrey sent me this 1946 photograph of the Findon school
children celebrating with the Victory Pageant after the Second World War.
He wrote ...
"Dear Valerie ...... I'm sure many of your Surfers are in this tableaux - time
to own up?
In close-up we were all looking pretty exhausted weren't we? - many hours being
jostled round the dressing-up box and paraded all round the Village without
anything to eat or drink".
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Oh yes, I nearly forgot, John is the Big Chief Redskin next to the pirate... I recognise him now, he hasn't altered a bit over the years.
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9th September 2007 Empire Day Yes I agree with John Greaves that the Findon School group photograph was taken in 1946, but I think the occasion was Empire Day.
The photo was taken in the sports field at the back of the school. Regards Jennifer Wakeford ,nee Mitchell.
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JOHN REPLIES..."Nice to hear from Jennifer - glad someone else from '46 is still alive down
there.
Yes I can imagine there is some confusion over the naming of the day - mum very
definitely wrote "Victory Pageant" on the back of the photo.
From Google............24th May has been variously called Empire//British
Commonwealth//Commonwealth//Victoria DAY - Political Correctness gone wild -
Victory Europe VE Day of course 8th May 45.
So I guess it all depends who you ask.
Regards John Greves".
Continue if you would like to read about a Headmistress of the school in the 1940s Miss E. G. Alexander.
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