It was a great day in Landrake this past Sunday. To celebrate and commemorate the upcoming VE Day, Battling On helped the Landrake parish to set up an afternoon of fun, food and festivities in the village hall.

The pictures attached show the Saltash Air Cadets marching through the village to start proceedings, joined by Les, one of our veterans.

The day was jovial, but there were also moments to reflect on WWII, where nearly 5,000 Cornishmen lost their lives, including two young lads from Landrake, Charles Barrett and Raymond James.

We’d like to thank everybody who got involved, especially those who helped to set up and manned the barbecue! You did a smashing job.

This Thursday, VE Day, the veterans will be visiting the Landrake War Memorial to lay some poppies.