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How Greater Manchester is celebrating VE Day during lockdown

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Friday is VE day and a welcome distraction from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. And it's something of a special VE Day with this year being the 75th anniversary of the date.

On May 8, 1945, thousands gathered for dancing and singing in the streets of London's West End for the announcement of peace after six years of the Second World War.

A two-minutes silence will also be held across the country at 11.5am on Friday morning to honour the service and sacrifice of the Second World War Generation.

Lockdown has changed the way the country will commemorate this year, with all big events and large gatherings cancelled. But people across the region have come up with brilliant ideas about how to mark the special occasion, whilst sticking to

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