{"id":223905,"date":"2021-05-13T08:58:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T08:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukestone.nellsar.com\/?p=223905"},"modified":"2021-05-13T08:58:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T08:58:30","slug":"celebrating-ve-day-with-music-and-reminiscence-at-lukestone-care-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukestone.nellsar.com\/celebrating-ve-day-with-music-and-reminiscence-at-lukestone-care-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating VE Day with music and reminiscence at Lukestone Care Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Saturday 8 May marked the 76th anniversary of Victory In Europe and the celebration is close to our residents&#8217; hearts at Lukestone Care Home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To honour the date, we decided to hold a <strong>day of celebration<\/strong>, which began with the national <strong>two-minute silence<\/strong> at 11 am. This allowed our staff and residents to reflect and think, remembering the lives lost and sacrifices made in wartime. We also created a <strong>VE display<\/strong> of photographs and historical information.<\/p>\n<p>We were delighted to welcome <strong>singer Jasmine<\/strong> to our <strong>Home<\/strong> and our residents and staff waved their <strong>union jacks<\/strong> whilst listening to her performance, part of which included <strong>Winston Churchill&#8217;s speech<\/strong> from 1945. Some also took to the dance floor for a spin!<\/p>\n<p>The wartime music touched many of our residents, especially the finishing song, Vera Lynn&#8217;s &#8216;<em>We&#8217;ll Meet Again<\/em>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>The afternoon continued with soft wartime music playing in the background while we hosted an <strong>afternoon tea<\/strong> of scones, cream and jam, a fruity flag traybake and many different delicious snacks.<\/p>\n<p>As we sat around the table, we <strong>shared experiences<\/strong> of the war days. It was the perfect ending to celebrate such a victorious day in the history of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_223907\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223907\" class=\"wp-image-223907 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lukestone.nellsar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lukestone-ve-day-120521-1.jpg\" alt=\"Residents enjoying music and dancing on VE Day at Lukestone Care Home\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lukestone.nellsar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lukestone-ve-day-120521-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lukestone.nellsar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lukestone-ve-day-120521-1-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/lukestone.nellsar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lukestone-ve-day-120521-1-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1200px, 100vw\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-223907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoying music and dancing on VE Day<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 8 May marked the 76th anniversary of Victory In Europe and the celebration is close to our residents&#8217; hearts at Lukestone Care Home. 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