From Left: Beryl Leaver, Marion Staniford, Connie Wescombe, Mary Crowley and May Burke.
An early VE day celebration took place at an Age UK centre yesterday with a tea party.
Attendees enjoyed tea, cakes and celebrated Britishness at the Allan Burgess Centre, in High Street, Wanstead.
Victory in Europe Day, officially taking place on Friday, commemorates the end of World War II in Europe as Nazi Germany surrendered.
100-year-old Eileen Cox at the event yesterday.
Eileen Coleman at the Allan Burgess Centre.
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