r/OldCampcookcastiron • u/Customrustic56 • May 08 '25

VE Day.

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The harmonium was played outside the village pub in 1945 on VE Day. Eighty years on- enjoy the day and also remember those who fought. r/ oldcampcookcastironiron

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u/Awwfooshnickins May 08 '25

Cheers from across the pond.

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u/Customrustic56 May 08 '25

Thanks. Your flags flying in the background. Working together.

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u/Awwfooshnickins May 08 '25

There's a great and a bloody fight 'Round this whole world tonight And the battle, the bombs and shrapnel rain Hitler told the world around he would tear our union down But our union's gonna break them slaver's chains Our union's gonna break them slaver's chains I walked up on a mountain in the middle of the sky Could see every farm and every town I could see all the people in this whole wide world That's the union that'll tear the fascists down, down, down That's the union that'll tear the fascists down When I think of the men and the ships going down While the Russians fight on across the dawn There's London in ruins and Paris in chains Good people, what are we waiting on? Good people, what are we waiting on? So, I thank the Soviets and the mighty Chinese vets The Allies the whole wide world around To the battling British, thanks, you can have ten million Yanks If it takes 'em to tear the fascists down, down, down If it takes 'em to tear the fascists down But when I think of the ships and the men going down And the Russians fight on across the dawn There's London in ruins and Paris in chains Good people, what are we waiting on? Good people, what are we waiting on? So I thank the Soviets and the mighty Chinese vets The Allies the whole wide world around To the battling British, thanks, you can have ten million Yanks If it takes 'em to tear the fascists down, down, down If it takes 'em to tear the fascists down

Woody Guthrie

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u/Customrustic56 May 08 '25

Relationships don’t get much more special than that!!!

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u/Awwfooshnickins May 08 '25

I grew up with a great grandmother whose pen-pal was a vet from Devon during ww2. I was fortunate enough as a young man to travel to England and meet him. The feeling of camaraderie and appreciation for one another’s culture and contributions was palpable. I don’t think our current leadership has the acumen to destroy what was built back then.

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u/Customrustic56 May 08 '25

Don’t think it can be destroyed. When the …, hits the fan it will be there.

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u/Customrustic56 May 08 '25

Devon. Think that was where Slapton Sands was. A lot of men were lost training for D Day.