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5 days ago |
bridportnews.co.uk | Martin Lea
14 1/1 TORCHES and a beacon lit up the evening sky as a community came together to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Lyme Regis invited the community to come together for a day of remembrance, reflection, and celebration. It started with the raising of the VE Day flag at the Guildhall and proclamation by the town crier. Later there was a service at the war memorial and then in the evening a torchlight procession and lighting of the beacon.
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5 days ago |
dorsetecho.co.uk | Martin Lea
19 1/1 BEACONS were lit last night as lights of peace and hope for the VE Day 80th anniversary. Among the communities joining joined the national beacon lighting to mark 80 years of VE Day and the end of fighting in Europe in the Second World War was Weymouth.
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1 week ago |
bridportnews.co.uk | Martin Lea
VE Day celebrated in 1945 (Image: Supplied) COMMUNITIES in west Dorset will mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day today. Victory in Europe Day, known as VE Day, is celebrated on May 8 each year to mark the day the Allies formally accepted Germany’s surrender in 1945 - and for 2025 it’s a landmark anniversary. In Bridport events start at 10am in Bucky Doo Square with a proclamation from the mayor and town crier. There will be music and the church bells will ring.
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2 weeks ago |
dorsetecho.co.uk | Martin Lea
Street party in Cerne Abbas Image: Finnbarr Webster STREET parties and other celebratory events are being held across Dorset to mark the 80th anniversary of the official end of the Second World War in Europe. Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), known as VE Day, is celebrated on May 8 each year to mark the day the Allies formally accepted Germany’s surrender in 1945 - and for 2025 it’s a landmark anniversary.
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2 weeks ago |
dorsetecho.co.uk | Martin Lea
Former Wilko in Weymouth being transformed into Primark WORK is progressing to transform a town centre site into what will become the new Weymouth Primark store. Scaffolding and a white covering has gone up around the former Wilko building in Westham Road as the process continues to convert it into a new outlet for the budget fashion retail giant. It hopes to open in early 2026.
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