Here three – including one born 100 years ago this Sunday – recall the celebrations as peace returned. He said: “At the end of the war there was a victory dance and all the people just gathered in Queen Victoria Square. “There were soldiers still in uniform and ordinary working class people who came out to celebrate the end of the war. “By the time I was 10 I had begun to be aware of world events and I was so happy the war had come to an end. Connie Hailstone was born on Armistice Day – and will turn 100 as the world marks the centenary of the bloodiest battle in modern history.

Source: Daily Mirror November 05, 2018 21:43 UTC