VJ Day Events & Celebrations in Wincanton

On Tuesday 11th August the Town Council ran two flag making workshops in the Town Hall for children and adults to come along and make flags to decorate the town for the VJ Weekend. The children certainly embraced the workshop, but it was also good to see the adults taking part and making their mark, even our very own Steve Lee made flags!

The flags were then used to decorate the Town Hall and other shops in the town. There were also flags hung from flag poles down through the town. There was a competition between the shops for decorating their windows. This was judged by the Mayor and in first place was Sew & Sew, second place was Reed & Russell and in third place was Thomson Lettings.

On Friday 14th August the Memorial Hall was decorated 1940s style for a celebration dance. There was a good few that took part in appropriate dress for that time period and the occasion was marked with a band called The Forces Sweethearts. A good evening was had by all, including Maddie, who started dancing at 8.00pm and didn't stop until gone midnight.

Saturday 15th August started with a more solemn procedure of bell-ringing at the Church, followed by the 11.00am silence and reading at the War Memorial. There was a second silence at 2.00pm, along with a service of Thanksgiving. This was well attended. There was a cheque presentation for the Riders Association of the RBL and a further collection during a substantial cream tea.

On Sunday there was a picnic at the recreation ground in aid of this year’s Poppy appeal.

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