Victory in Europe celebrations, 
May 1945 (page 2 of 2) 
(NRS reference: NRAS 4107/10 p.22)

Transcript:

May 1945

run in the welfare Hall. The village was gay
with flags and so were some of the men when
the[y] came out of the 1st house of the pub as they
started to parade up and down the streets and
had a singsong at the Institute. I went down
to Bathgate in the afternoon and went to the Regal
pictures with Jean and Bell. The programme
was interrupted at 9P.M. so that the audience
could hear the king speaking. After we came
home from Bathgate Jean and I went to the victory
dance in Welfare Hall after having heard the
singin and rejoicing at two of the Bonfires.

Wed 9th 2nd V.E. Day Holiday:- I attended
devine service in childrens playground where
the service was conducted by Rev Fraser and the
chairman was Richard Haggerty At night I went
to Pavilion Pictures in Bathgate and saw Ingred
Bergman in 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' a Techni-
colour picture about the Spanish Civil War. I
went to Dance in Welfare Hall when I came back