VE Day report from the day as remembered in 1985 by local residents describing their celebrations Photographs included.

Details of happiness and sorrow on VE day. The closure of the Hoover factory opened in 1942 in Gerrards Cross and employing many women who made 17million aircraft components but who lost their jobs on VE Day. Photographs and articles about the Home Guard in the Chalfonts. Flags fly, bells ring and kids set fire to Hitler – details of celebrations around the villages. Information about MI9 at Wilton Park their role, Major Norman Crockett the leader at ‘Camp20’, Christopher Clayton Hutton, inventor and local workers e.g. Susan Broomhall as well as links to famous agents e.g. Violette Szabo.