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Grantham at War – 1945

May 8, 2020 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment

Welby Arms, in Welby Street. celebrating the end of the Second World War.
VE (Victory Europe) celebrations in Walton Gardens, May 8th 1945. The single storey brick buildings in the foreground are air raid shelters From Gordon Beech
Royal British Legion in the 1945 VE Day Parade
VE Day 1945. The town gathered on St Peter’s Hill Green to celebrate the end of the Second Wrold War. This picture was taken by photographer Walter Lee from his studio next door to the State cinema.
American soldiers at Grantham Fair in 1945
Preparing for VE Day celebrations, High Street & St Peter’s Hill in 1945. Photo by Walter Lee
Grantham twin town Poltava, Russia (USSR) with Lt Col V M Poudov 1945
VE Day 1945 on St Peter’s Hill
Murial, Alf, Beatrice and Margaret Roberts during Alf’s Mayoral year, 1945

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