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VE DAY REMEMBRANCE & CELEBRATION 80 YEARS

THURSDAY 8TH MAY 10.45am

EAST WITTERING WAR MEMORIAL

Wittering & District Branch are proud to announce we will be holding a service at the East Wittering War Memorial to remember and celebrate 80 years of Victory in Europe.

Father Steve, from St. Anne's Church, will be conducting the service, which will be attended by Royal British Legion Branch and Club Committee Members, members of the Parish Council, local school children from East Wittering and Birdham, our new Community Warden, Dawn White, and our MP, Jess Brown-Fuller along with other local groups and volunteers.  

This is welcome to all our local community and we hope as many of you as possible will be able to attend and show your support and respect to the amazing men and women from 80 years ago. 

VE DAY REMEMBRANCE & CELEBRATION 80 YEARS

SATURDAY 10TH MAY 1Ppm - 4pm

WITTERINGS & DISTRICT ROYAL BRITISH LEGION CLUB

We will be holding an OPEN DAY for everyone in our local community to celebrate 80 years of VE Day.

On the day we will have various stalls, including Raffle, Tombola, Dig a Dinosaur, Crockery Smash, Spin the Wheel, Hook a Duck, Cake Stall, BBQ and much more!

Music by Premier DJ Finchy.

Look out for the "Unsung Heroes" posters going up in local village shops in April.  Learn about these every day people who supported their Country during WW2 - all have a local connection to the Witterings.  Write down all 10 and keep hold of your completed form, then bring along on the day (10th May) to collect your prize.

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/arts-and-culture/witterings-to-commemorate-ve-day-with-special-events-and-unsung-heroes-trail-5093880

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