Such “Goings On” at Shaftesbury – VE Day Tuesday 08 May 1945
Mayor and Mayoress Lead the Revels. Shaftesbury was beflagged as never before, and the oldest inhabitants declared that they had never seen such “goings on” in the streets, when the Mayor and Mayoress (Mr and Mrs Ralph Pearson) led off the dancing in the High Street with the “Palais Glide”, to music from loudspeakers. The […]