Photo Gallery: How Wirral Celebrated VE Day 1945
08 May 2025
Eighty year's ago today Wirral residents joined people around the world to celebrate the end of war in Europe.
Thanksgiving services were held, service men and women paraded, church bells rang out, bonfires were lit, and neighbours joined together to throw hundreds of street parties.
These photographs from Wirral Archives and Birkenhead Reference Library provide a snapshot of some of the momentous celebrations.
'Stand Down' for the Royal Observer Corps in Hoylake
VE Day party at Gorse Crescent, Wallasey
Victory Parade, Liscard, on 19 May 1945
Victory Parade, Liscard
Victory Parade, Liscard
The Mayor takes the salute in front of Wallasey Town Hall at the Victory Parade on 19 May 1945
Photo of the Victory Parade in Seacombe, 19 May 1945
Victory Parade, Seacombe, 19 May 1945
Victory Parade, Seacombe, 19 May 1945
Victory Parade, Seacombe, 19 May 1945
Victory Parade, Seacombe, 19 May 1945
Victory Parade, Seacombe, 19 May 1945
Birkenhead Town Hall decorated for the victory celebrations
