Victory in Europe Day at Starcross School

The Villages in Action  project has Unearthed some Starcross wartime stories. Here's one of them:

VE Day – Starcross Primary School logbook

– 8^th May 1945

The Starcross Primary School logbook details how the school celebrated the news of Victory in Europe [VE]. It enables us to recreate the events of the day involving the pupils and teachers. The logbook entry reads:

‘The Story: May 8 VE DAY [Tuesday]

School opened today. In accordance with written information from the office school was to close for the two days following the announcement…. Mr Churchill’s on Tuesday afternoon, May 8…

The morning [of 8^th May] was spent in decorating with flags & bunting which had been stored since the Jubilee celebrations.* A ceremonial breaking of the flag was held at 9.00, and the national anthem was sung.

To school was brought the distant children and 20 dinners were supplied from Dawlish. The emergency meat was used and bread and buns purchased, the ? being sent to Dawlish.

At 3.0 all the children were taken into the garden of the School House to hear Mr Churchill’s speech.’

research by Jon Nichol