80 years ago, Victory Over Japan (VJ) Day marked the surrender of Japanese forces, which essentially ended the Second World War.

On Friday 15^th August 2025, the 80^th anniversary of VJ Day was commemorated at St Andrew’s with a special ringing of the bells at 6.30pm.

This was part of a national event with bell ringers across the country ringing together at the same time.

We had 10 ringers taking part and one piece of ringing is listed below:

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Hornchurch, Essex

St Andrew

Friday, 15 August 2025

Rounds and Call Changes on 10

Roller-coaster

1 Michelle Stephenson (C)

2 Valerie Swain

3 Angela Harvey

4 Adam Carpenter

5 Charles Page

6 Kim Mullan

7 Clive Stephenson

8 James Riley

9 Gavin Carpenter

10 Mark Lendon

Rung to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VJ Day.

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Earlier in the day, a quarter peal was also rung to mark the occasion:

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Hornchurch, Essex

St Andrew

Friday, 15 August 2025

1260 Plain Bob Minor

1 James P Riley

2 John M Church

3 Carys E Hayward

4 Helen J Carter

5 Marianne R Hayward

6 Clive J Stephenson (C)

Rung to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VJ Day.

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The photo shows the ringers taking part in the quarter peal.