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A look at the flowers and tributes left at Green Dragon Square, Leicester in memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II who passed away on the 8th September 2022 at her Balmoral estate.  RIP your Majesty and Thank You. 

To mark VE Day 75 I recorded my grandma Gwen Spencer (85) recounting her memories of Leicester and it`s people on a historic day for the country and the world. Please turn on Subtitles to read along with the audio. transcript below  Hello, I`m here with Gwen Spencer who`s going to tell us her memories of VE Day in Leicester. Hello I`m Gwen, I lived at home in Braunstone, Just off the Hallam Crescent, We heard the news at home, I was 11 and my sister Pauline was 12, Mum and Dad said "Come on we'll go to the Clock Tower, We went on the tram, we joined the circle around the clock tower, holding onto the shoulders of the people in front. There was a mixture of people, many in uniform, Many in their best clothes. We caught the tram back to the terminus, known as the Braunstone and walked down the road with lights on in the house windows, Noise, Cheering, We listened to Churchill again on the radio. A few days later we had a Street Party with food the Mum`s made. Dad playe...

During July 2018 Leicester Hospice LOROS brought a sea of colour to Jubilee Square in the city with limited edition wrought iron Forget Me Not flowers filling the grassed areas of the square. Available for purchase each flower symbolises the life of a loved one who is no longer with us. Due to a hot spell of weather the grass below the flowers was not its usual green but that didn`t distract from the spectacular display of light blue glossy flowers as they caught the suns rays. As I wondered through them the stories and memories of those people the flowers symbolised could be heard drifting across the square, making for a reflective but not sad atmosphere. The money raised from the Forget Me Not sales will go to fund the valuable work at LOROS, offering important support for local people and their loved ones who are living with terminal illness. for more information on the work of LOROS please visit www.loros.co.uk A special thanks to BBC Radio Leicester for allowing me to cap...