Plans for revised Liberation 75 celebrations in Guernsey released
A revised schedule for the Liberation 75 celebrations in Guernsey has been released with all events to be shown online.
People will be able watch the commemorations on various websites and social media pages including the Liberation Day Facebook page as well as on its website.
Activities will include cookery, dance tutorials, art projects and historical documentaries. All are being held ‘virtually’ due to current restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Despite a hugely scaled back schedule, people are being encouraged to share their Liberation Day experiences at home by posting theirphotos on social media using the hashtag #Liberate75Together.
These are the events taking place on 9 May:
9.00am – Sirens sounding from Victoria Tower
9.30am – Liberation Day message from Bailiff Sir Richard Collas
10.50am – Laying of the Wreath by Bailiff Sir Richard Collas
11.00am – Church service led by the Dean of Guernsey, Tim Barker
12.05pm - Children of the Occupation - interviews with children who lived through the Occupation
12.20pm – Interview with Second World War veteran Stuart Snow
1.30pm - Government House and the Occupation - an Interview by TV historian Dan Snow with Major Marco Ciotti looking at life in Government House during the Occupation and the challenges that faced the Bailiwick after liberation
2.00pm - A message from Her Majesty The Queen read by His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, Vice Admiral Sir Ian Corder KBE, CB
2.30pm - Islanders to create their own stay at home tea party with 1940s music
3.00pm - Sofa sing-a-long - a Wartime sing-a-long with The Sofa Singers, who will be hosting a special wartime Guernsey-themed singalong
4.30pm - A reading from The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society book by co-author Annie Barrows
5.00pm - An interview by TV Historian Dan Snow with His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, Vice Admiral Sir Ian Corder KBE, CB