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Hello fellow ED'ers, happy VE Day!


I was wondering if there were any VE day street parties planned today? Naturally, in these current times, responsible socially distanced ones.


I have a large coolbox with plenty of British ales, gin & tonics, and other fancy treats from M&S that i'd love to share around the community. Unfortunately my close neighbours in my street seem to have all fled to second homes or B&B's in the countryside to sit out the pandemic, so if anyone is having a bit of a knees up this afternoon, please post here and i will come and join to celebrate a very important and historic day.

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Sky News seemed to just do two locations


There was that conga with a rope mind - not sure about it. I admit I love to see horror in the European papers about what the Brits are doing now :)


https://extra.ie/2020/05/09/must-see/uk-socially-distanced-conga-uk


A search for "conga fury" sees many more including a pub in Greenwich that allegedly opened.

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