We were so fortunate to have a visit from Mr Christopher Price on Thursday 8th May to celebrate the anniversary of VE Day. Mr Price is a neighbour of our school and came in the afternoon with his son.
Today Mr Price is ninety-nine so of course, he was nineteen on VE day. At the time he was training to be military engineer and stationed in Kent. He explained that he and several friends all decided to go up to London and were there in Trafalgar Square. Mr Price remembered that it was ‘packed, with people shaking hands with people they’d never seen before.’ He said that there was some singing and sang us a bit of a song called, ‘Bless ‘em all’.
Our children sat and listened so quietly and respectfully. Together, we held the two-minute silence thinking of people who died serving our country, and also thinking of their families. We peppered Mr Price with questions and many children spoke proudly of members of their family who had fought in the second world war.
Mr Price explained that he had travelled on a troop ship from Southampton to Mumbai (then Bombay) in India. He served as an officer in the Indian army and used his engineering skills building bridges in Malaysia.
We were all very thankful to him for coming to school and sharing his experiences with us all. What a wonderful afternoon!
