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Celebrate 80 Years Since VE Day in Wantage!

We’re just days away now from our 1940s-style VE Day street party in Wantage Market Place, marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day!
🗓️ Sunday, May 11th
🕚 11am – 6pm
📍 Wantage Market Place
Join us for a nostalgic day of community celebration, featuring:
🎼 Live music from the Wantage Big Band, Moonlighting Band & The Vintage Sweethearts
🎩 A 1940s Fancy Dress Competition
🎠 Traditional fairground games
🍽️ Local food and drink – or bring your own picnic!
This free event is open to everyone, as we come together to honour this historic day and the generation who lived it.
Let’s make this milestone 80th anniversary one to remember!