Two heroes of WWII have used video technology to tell children of key workers who are being educated in a primary school hub that VE Day is a poignant reminder the dark times don’t last.
With long-planned public celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of war in Europe abandoned last Friday due to the lockdown, Gordon Cowan, 97, and Peter Fitzpatrick, 92, kept the community spirit alive by making a special guest appearance at the Loch Primary School hub in Rutherglen – via NHS Lanarkshire Near Me video conferencing technology.
The hub is one of several South Lanarkshire Council facilities that, by providing child care for key workers, has become an integral part of ensuring health, social care and emergency services can continue