Cardiff Castle hosting bank holiday VE Day picnic

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Cardiff’s iconic castle right in the centre of town is playing host to a massive picnic for people to celebrate VE Day. It’s taking place on bank holiday Monday, with music, craft and Heather Brown, from Cardiff Council says it will be a great chance to bring the community together for VE Day.

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00:01People who want to hold street parties could apply for their road closures free of charge,

00:05so hopefully people will have taken advantage of that.

00:08Yeah, and I hope there will be lots of street parties to bring up.

00:11It's great for communities to get together and do their own thing as well,

00:14but obviously that's what we're filling the gap for.

00:16Anybody who's not got anything on their doorstep,

00:19then they can come and celebrate with us.

00:21Next week marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day,

00:24VE Day, which marked the end of World War II.

00:27It's a celebration of peace and togetherness, and this year is being celebrated in plenty of different ways

00:32all across Cardiff, all across Wales, and the rest of the UK.

00:36Cardiff will be hosting memorials, remembrance services, and of course street parties.

00:40But for those who didn't manage to get a street party permit, Cardiff Castle here behind me

00:44is hosting a massive open picnic in the grounds to bring the whole community together.

00:49Yeah, so Monday, Bank Holiday Monday, here in the castle we've got free family picnic events

00:54to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

00:57So if you were to come here on Bank Holiday Monday, we'll have a bandstand with music all day.

01:01We've then got children's activities, craft activities, and the Firing Line Museum,

01:06which is part of Cardiff Castle, will be bringing out some World War II exhibits.

01:10Our Flat Home Island community group will be here.

01:15Flat Home played a really significant part in the Second World War,

01:18so they'll be telling us a bit about that and have some virtual reality tours of the island.

01:23And then we'll have lots of walkabout characters, circus characters, puppet shows,

01:27lots and lots of different things to keep family entertained all day.

01:31You're welcome to bring your own picnic, come and sit on the lawn, listen to the music, watch the shows,

01:36keep the children entertained. Yeah, and it should be just a really lovely day.

01:40Heather says that VE Day is a little bit different to Remembrance Sunday, for example,

01:44as it's seen more of a celebration of peace alongside the memorials.

01:48So the event is a great chance for bringing people together to celebrate,

01:51and even teach the kids a thing or two about World War II.

01:54Yes, I mean, VE Day is very much a celebration day,

01:58you know, celebrating the end of the war, you know, peace in the kind of 20th century.

02:03And yeah, it's important that we sort of remember it and celebrate it.

02:07So again, yeah, it's a really lovely opportunity to bring the family out together,

02:11where, you know, everything that we're putting on today will be like intergenerational.

02:15You know, there's plenty to do, whether that's kind of like, you know,

02:18little children or bringing the grandparents.

02:21And yeah, we're just hoping that everyone will come and really enjoy a celebration day

02:26here in the lovely grounds of Cardiff Castle.

02:29The castle has a storied history dating all the way back to the Roman times

02:32in some parts of the castle walls.

02:34But did you know that it also played a big role for people during World War II as well?

02:38Yeah, and you know, the castle, this part of the castle is open, free of charge to people,

02:42you know, all year round.

02:44And also it'd be a great opportunity for people to kind of see maybe parts of the castle

02:48or learn things they didn't know.

02:49So for example, the walls behind us, they have a tunnel that runs through them

02:53and those were used as bomb shelters during the war.

02:55So the castle itself played a part in keeping the people of Cardiff safe during the war.

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