A huge celebration event for VE80 will take place at Sutton Lawn in Sutton on Thursday, 8th May, from 3.15pm.

The event being organised by Sutton’s Academy Transformation Trust Further Education College will be open for the public to attend and will see RAF aircraft take to the skies of the park based as part of the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight with the flypast taking place at 4.59pm.

It will see a Supermarine Spitfire and a Hawker Hurricane in full flight.

On the ground Sutton Lawn will host a wartime celebration VE Day 80 Peace Party event that will see displays of wartime vehicles and exhibits, local schools performing classic songs and dance, school games, and even a Churchill speech and audience participation.

The VE Day 80 Peace Party celebration is being organised by Sutton-based college, Academy Transformation Trust Further Education with assistance from Ashfield District Council.

Liz Barrett, principal at the college, said: “We are so lucky to be getting the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast at the event and are so looking forward to the local community getting together to celebrate this wonderful occasion.”

The event will be attended by community guests, school children, and members of the public.

All timings for the flypast are subject to service availability and weather conditions.