VICTORY IN EUROPE CELEBRATION TRAIL
may 2025

Born in Chard in 1940 Doreen Toms describes seeing her first
orange and eating her tinned peaches

Few bombs were dropped on Chard but here Harold Grabham shares his story about a cow being killed by one loose bomb

Mary Slade left Chard to serve her country

American GI’s Loved Fish and Chips

Roger Galpin, born in Chard in 1939 and still lives in the town shares some humorous very early childhood memories

Our troops were serving oversees for many years, here are some stories that were shared in letters Mary Slade left Chard to serve her country

Jean Smith Shares that Everyone Cycled Everywhere, and when
she met an Evacuee

Relationships between locals and ‘the’ vacies were not always good as a sermon from the Vicar at St Marys Church shows

Marjorie Fowler shares stories about eating rabbit and having to grow vegetables

Here is a brief description about the role Margaret Bondfield played during World War Two