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VE DAY CELEBRATION, VINCENNES ESTATE, WEST NORWOOD

VE DAY CELEBRATION, VINCENNES ESTATE, WEST NORWOOD

VE Day celebration at the Vincennes Estate, Carnac Street, West Norwood. The estate was named after the resistance heroes of Vincennes, France, including Violette Szabo, a Lambeth girl, and Lilian Rolfe, whose father lived in Knatchbull Road. Both were shot at Ravensbruck concentration camp shortly before the war ended. The event, held in May 1995, was attended by the Mayor of Vincennes, Mayor of Lambeth and local councillors.
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Image type:Photograph
Artist:G. Gower
Ref:05506
Identifier:SP3237/18
Date:1995

#1976 to date  #CELEBRATIONS AND EVENTS  #FESTIVALS  #HOUSING  #LOCAL GOVERNMENT  #Photograph  #SZABO- Violette  #WAR AND ARMED FORCES  #WEST NORWOOD