VE Day 2020

OA Recollections Part 1

Our OA community very kindly took the time to send us their recollections of life during WWII. We received a combination of written memories and recordings and have pieced these together, along with war time footage and imagery, and extracts of VE speeches read by our school Captains and Vice-Captains.

So much of this information is detailed and very personal and to ensure we included as much as we could, we have create a series of four videos that will be released over the next week, here and on our social media channels.

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

Our Housemistress, head of Equestrian and music teacher, Emma Edwards, has recorded this beautiful version of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, the Vera Lynn version!

OA Recollections Part 2

Here we bring you part 2 of our video montage made up of extracts from our OA community and pupil contributions. There are some interesting local memories and part of King George VI's VE Day speech read by one of our school vice-captains.

OA Recollections Part 4

In this final installment of our OA VE Day recollections, we have a diverse range of memories that include a photograph of Winston Churchill, captured by one of our former pupils, and memories from one who sadly passed away in February, who had been involved in the D-Day landings.