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Radio Bristol,07 May 2025,4 mins

VE Day 80 in Bristol: “We all got rather squiffy”

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Ula Rigg was an Auxiliary Fire Service switchboard operator at Avonmouth’s docks during the Bristol Blitz. She describes what it was like on VE Day when the end of the war in Europe was announced. She spoke to the 鶹’s Alistair McKee.

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