Gas masks at the ready!

THIS year the birthday party of the Bexhill Trefoil Guild took the form of a street party celebrating the 60th anniversary of VE Day.

Invitations were sent to other guilds in Hastings, Rye, Eastbourne and Hailsham and about 60 people sat down beneath streamers to eat spam and corned beef sandwiches followed by jelly and pink blancmange. War-time memorabilia on display included identification cards and gasmasks. A good time was had by all. The event ended to the sound of Vera Lynn singing We'll Meet Again.