Vera Lynn was a singer born Vera Margaret Welch in East Ham, London. During the war she sang for people who were apart, and We’ll Meet Again became the song families attached to that waiting. She lived a long public life after the war and died in 2020. Britain already knew how to tell her story.
Fotografie
Jack de Nijs for Anefo / Anefo · CC0
Fotografie
John Baker · CC BY-SA 2.0
Gând
A sample thought. Someone who was taught, or helped, would leave a few lines here.
Nora
Gând
A sample thought. A colleague would remember the work, and the way it was done.
Paul
Poveste
The walk home
This is a sample story, so the page can show a longer memory. A daughter would write the walk home, the song in the kitchen, and the sentence that is still repeated.
Anna
Fotografie
Jack de Nijs for Anefo / Anefo · CC0
Lumânare
A lasting sample light, so the page is not dark.
Mark
Lumânare
A sample candle, lit for one day.
Daniel
Videoclipuri
The song from the old radio
A sample film for Vera Lynn. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
The piece from the kitchen
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for Vera Lynn.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Born in East Ham
Vera Margaret Welch was born in East Ham, London.
Cronologie
We’ll Meet Again
She recorded We’ll Meet Again, the song people tied to wartime partings.
Cronologie
Died
She died in 2020, at the end of a long public life.
Întâlnire
A reading at home
A sample gathering for Vera Lynn. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1917
1939
2020