{"id":12170,"date":"2025-05-05T20:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/?page_id=12170"},"modified":"2025-05-05T22:13:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T22:13:31","slug":"ve-day-80-years-later","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/index.php\/history\/world-war-2\/ve-day-80-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"VE Day 80 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Monday 5<sup>th<\/sup> May 2025, South Shields Local History Group had a display for the 80th anniversary celebrations at South Shields Museum. It was very well attended and great to see so many bairns taking part. A special thanks to the museum for the use of the space and many of the exhibits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"12179\" src=\"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/History-WW2-TF-_20250505_143251-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12179\" style=\"border-width:4px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/History-WW2-TF-_20250505_143251-Copy.jpg 450w, https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/History-WW2-TF-_20250505_143251-Copy-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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celebrations at South Shields Museum. 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