VJ Day East Meon

Children sitting at the tea party table by the RIver Meon,  to celebrate Victory in Japan, August 1945.

Included in the photograph, starting with those standing behind, from the left, are:
Renee Newbury, n.k., Mrs Tindel, Mrs Merritt, Mrs Hoare, Mrs Blackman, Queenie Blackman, Jack Porter (serving), Janet Norgate, Mrs Porter, Ruth Gilbert, Alice Blackman.

Seated, left to right:

Ken Gilbert, David Bailey’s sister, Ann Munday, Jean Carne, Sue Lanham, Joyce Canning, Nancy Turner, Jean Hoare, Gertie Wyatt.

Seated, back to camera:

David Bailey, Tom Stokes, Tony Crockford, Bob Dean.

Standing back to camera, Mrs Townsley