VJ Day 80th Anniversary

By St Andrew's Team / 21 August 2025

Our VJ Day 80th Anniversary party was brilliant! With wonderful food, music, decorations and conversation, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

A small British flag within a garden of beautiful, bright orange and purple flowers

A smiling resident wears a summer hat with the British flag on, and waves a VJ day 80th anniversary flag, people sit and chat in the background

A resident smiles while holding their VJ Day 80th anniversary flag

Red, white and blue balloons and British flag bunting decorations

A man wearing a light blue shirt plays the flute while standing under an awning decorated with British flag bunting and balloons

A resident holding a British flag and their family member sit in the care home garden and eat food

A black Labrador dog wearing a British flag bandanna

Three residents sit around a table with a glass of sparkling wine, with a backdrop of bright flowers

A resident holds their VJ day 80th anniversary flag, she wears a pale pink shirt and sits in front of a garden of colourful flowers

A buffet of food featuring sausage rolls, sandwiches, quiche, and samosas and cheese, decorated with British flags

Buffet of food with a close-up of a veggie platter including sausage rolls, pastries and scotch eggs

A selection of beautifully presented desserts, including fruit and cream, iced buns and cakes decorated with sprinkles and British flags

Close-up of chocolate and vanilla cupcakes and brownies decorated with sprinkles and VJ Day flags on tiered plate stands

80th anniversary VJ Day banner featuring illustrations of planes and soldiers, in front of a window decorated with British flag bunting

A resident smiles and wears an English flag cowboy-hat while sitting in the garden

A resident and her 2 relatives smile, she wears a bright pink dress and holds a drink. In front of them is a plate of buffet food and strawberries and cream

The singer wearing white stands under an awning in front of bright orange flowers, singing into the microphone, with the sun shining through a British flag behind her

A bee sits on a bright orange flower in the garden

St Andrew's Residential Care Home sign is decorated with strings of British flag bunting

Outside of St Andrew's Care Home is decorated with British and English flags and colourful flowers

A resident wearing a sparkly dark green top holds her hand up and sings

A plate of buffet food on a paper plate, next to a glass of orange squash, an England flag hat and a pair of glasses on a decorated table