VE Day Remembered – Derek Calder

St George’s Road, Forest Gate

About this record

Derek Calder lived all his life in St George’s Road just off Green Street born in 1921 but after spending 10 months in Aldersbrook Memorial Hospital in East Ham, Derek remembers VE Day

As told to Eastside Community Heritage

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