Pictures sourced from The Wigan Post and Observer archives.
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Pupils at ST Edmond Arrowsmith High School in Ashton-in-Makerfield in conjunction with Social Services put on a special VE day tea dance, play and display for local OAPs in 2005.
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A VE Day party in Langdale Avenue, Wigan, in 1945.
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Celebrating VE Day at St John's Church Pemberton on Bank Holiday Monday, May 25 2015.
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The VE Day parade under way in Standish, 2005.