|
Date: |
|
Description: | May 1945.
This street party in celebration of V.E. Day is typical of hundreds taking place throughout the country at this time. It is being held in a yard behind numbers 36, 38 and 40 Holborn Street in May 1945. Trestle tables and benches have been set up in the yard and the adults have clubbed together to produce a spread of sandwiches, cakes and jam tarts. Children, some in fancy dress, are seated at the tables partaking of the party food. The atmosphere is happy and both children and adults are seen making the 'V' for 'victory' sign with their fingers, symbolic of 'Victory in Europe' and signifying an end to World War II. V.J. Day, Victory in Japan, was to follow in the August of 1945. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | War V.E. Day Holborn Street | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
|
|