How Newcastle celebrated VE Day 80 years ago when city turned red, white and blue and pubs drank dry

08-05-2025 01:37 via chroniclelive.co.uk

How Newcastle celebrated VE Day 80 years ago when city turned red, white and blue and pubs drank dry

After six years of bitter conflict, VE Day on May 8, 1945, marked the end of the war in Europe

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