VE Day 80: Barnsley students say heartfelt thank you with new tribute garden

The Star, Sheffield

Students at Barnsley College have paid tribute to the generation who lived through World War II with heartfelt thanks, as a memorial garden commemorating the 80th anniversary of VE Day was officially unveiled at the Old Mill Lane Campus today.  Gathering alongside teachers and members of the Royal British Legion's Churchfield Branch, students revealed a beautifully designed garden planted with red, white, and blue flowers, symbolising the Union Flag and the enduring spirit of unity, resilience, and remembrance. The garden forms part of a nationwide initiative to mark eight decades since Victory in Europe Day, which brought an end to the war in Europe in 1945.

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00:00First of all I want to thank you, my generation to your generation. Our generation thank you

00:07for what you're doing today. Because this will be not in Barnsley, this will be national,

00:14we'll ride across the piece. And it just won't be for today, it'll be for tomorrow when you've

00:20gone and gone into the wider world. Other people can talk about this Memorial Garden.

00:26You've done something that's outstanding. We as a college are really invested in the

00:33importance of celebrating and remembering what VE Day really means. It's about unity,

00:41it's about resilience, and more than that it's about peace. And really I think that there's

00:46been no greater time in the world where the things that we're talking about today really

00:52resonate. And we all know of conflict that is currently going on. I think it's really

00:58vital for us all to take a lead role in ensuring that the future generations understand the

01:04difficulties that come through conflict. And so what is represented in front of you here

01:10today is around resilience, it's around a celebration, it's around light, it's around rebirth, it's

01:17around growth.

01:18flexibility, how might we all be facing?

01:22So,

01:23what do you think about this?

01:25And here is a lot of people since advisers and ministers and ministers and ministers,

01:27like,

01:28we'll take this expectation.

01:29And this is really good,

01:30happen to my friends,

01:32even again.

01:34So many people in the palm of you,

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