{"id":15377,"date":"2025-05-22T17:46:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T16:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hornchurchbells.co.uk\/main\/?p=15377"},"modified":"2025-05-22T17:47:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T16:47:48","slug":"bell-ringing-for-the-80th-anniversary-of-ve-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hornchurchbells.co.uk\/main\/2025\/05\/22\/bell-ringing-for-the-80th-anniversary-of-ve-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Bell\u00a0Ringing for the 80th\u00a0Anniversary of VE Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thursday 8th<\/sup> May 2025 was the 80th<\/sup> anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day). Hitler had already committed suicide and the German forces surrendered on 7th<\/sup> May 1945 after nearly six years of war. This led to peace in Europe and many people took to the streets to erect British flags and light bonfires. Winston Churchill declared 8th<\/sup> May 1945 a national holiday. Many hosted street parties and a crowd of 100,000 people gathered outside Buckingham Palace and The Mall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the war, bell ringing was banned from June 1940, with bells only to be rung in the event of a German invasion. Churchill did however authorise ringing after the\u00a0El Alamein victory in 1942 and it was allowed on Christmas Day that year. The ban was lifted in 1943 and there were enough bell ringers to ring on VE Day 1945.This tradition has continued over the years with all major milestones celebrated with the ringing of bells. The 80th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary, however, was the last major milestone where a number of WW2 veterans were still alive to share their memories. This gave significant importance to the occasion and at St Andrew\u2019s we joined other ringers around the country to ring the bells on 8th<\/sup>\u00a0May 2025 at 6.30pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photograph shows the bell ringers that took part in the national event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The occasion was also marked with a quarter peal on 8th<\/sup> May and a full three-hour peal on 9th<\/sup> May, both shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hornchurch<\/strong>, Essex<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

St Andrew<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, 8 May 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1260<\/strong> Plain Bob Doubles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 James P Riley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Dennis Ellisdon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 Alwyn Brock<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 John M Church<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 Clive J Stephenson (C)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 Mark E Lendon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rung to mark the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, clearly remembered by Dennis Ellisdon who was a young boy at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Essex Association<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hornchurch<\/strong>, Essex<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

St Andrew<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, 9 May 2025 in 3h 10 (18\u20130\u20130 in E\u266d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5040<\/strong> Plain Bob Royal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Composed by David Heighton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Jon Waters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Helen J Carter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 William J Stungo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 Elle G Buttery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 Roderic K Bickerton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 M Louise Booth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 Andrew P Barham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 Hugo L Tracey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 Lucas J Owen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 Clive J Stephenson (C)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rung to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Royal – 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Royal in the method and 35th peal – 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday 8th May 2025 was the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day). Hitler had already committed suicide and the German forces surrendered on 7th May 1945 after nearly six years of war. This led to peace in Europe and many people took to the streets to erect British flags and light bonfires. Winston Churchill declared 8th May 1945 a national<\/p>\n

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