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Liberation 80: Five things from daypublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 9 May
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One occupation survivor has written a poem about her experience and hopes
Messages from the King - both islands were sent messages with Jersey's Lieutenant-Governor Vice iral Jerry Kyd sharing King Charles' memories of previous visits
The Princess Royal has been in Guernsey visiting events across the island including inspecting the parade
Islander amazed by response to Liberation 80 tea partypublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 9 May
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Islanders gathered across both islands to mark Liberation Day.
Marion Rossier, from Jersey, was five years old when the war ended and wanted to share her memories of 1945.
She put out a Facebook post inviting people to her for a tea party: "I wanted to do something that was very basic, a sharing opportunity - I was amazed with the response.
"Days like these bring people who are not here with us today closer and I hope that it helps with people's emotions."
She added: "Memories stay with you always, memories of being hungry - it was normal to us at the time."
'I have a WW2 German officers toilet in my garage'published at 17:06 British Summer Time 9 May
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When the Germans surrendered in May 1945 most of the soldiers stationed in Jersey were shipped away to prison camps in Britain.
They left behind countless objects as a reminder of their five years of occupation.
Graeme Delanoe is a collector of Occupation artefacts and concealed behind two reinforced doors at his home is a garage full of German military gear and Allied equipment including a German officer's toilet.
'We'd never had chocolate before'published at 16:49 British Summer Time 9 May
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Winnie Keyho was six when the war ended.
Now 85, she met the Princess Royal and told her about the first time she saw chocolate.
Mrs Keyho said: "Food wise we were starving, we really were; we were so glad to see the Canadian food parcels.
"We'd never had chocolate in our life and there was chocolate in the parcels, so it was really lovely."
She also recalled crying herself to sleep when her father told her off for taking chewing gum from a German soldier.
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Winnie Keyho told the Princess Royal she only spoke patois at the time of the occupation so couldn't speak to her English-speaking brothers and sisters who had been evacuated
Mrs Keyho only spoke Patois at the time - Guernsey's native language, a dialect of Norman French.
Her older brothers and sisters were evacuees, who when they returned to the island "only spoke English, so we treated them like foreigners... like they had no business being in the family".
Mrs Keyho said the five years of occupation were "absolutely awful".
"Only people who that experienced this know how awful it was," she said.
All along the coast they laboured with concrete and steel to form walls that, 80 years later, protect Jersey from the storms which batter the island every year.
SS Vega was 'beacon of hope' in dark timespublished at 15:43 British Summer Time 9 May
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The International Red Cross ship the SS Vega arrived in the Channel Islands on 30 December 1944.
The ship carried more than 119,000 standard food parcels to the islands on its first trip, and continued its vital supply missions throughout the German occupation and after the island's liberation in May 1945.
Speaking at a memorial for the ship's service, held in the Royal Square in St Helier, Jersey, Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham said: "This ship, though modest in size, holds enormous significance for us, especially for the many islanders here today whose families lived through the hardship and uncertainty of those occupation years."
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People gathered for a memorial of the SS Vega's service to islanders in the Royal Square in St Helier
David Pepiatt, from the International Red Cross, said: "It is a great honour to stand before you today as a representative of the Red Cross, and to pay tribute to the deep friendship and lasting ties between the Red Cross and the people of Jersey.
"We've ed today, how the Red Cross, through the voyages of the infamous SS Vega, was a beacon of hope for countless individuals in Jersey during the Second World War."
Tortoise who survived occupation gets prime cavalcade seatpublished at 15:06 British Summer Time 9 May
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Timmy, an 87-year-old tortoise who lived through the Occupation has one of the best seats for the Liberation Day cavalcade - from the top of one of the vehicles taking part.
He was given to Maggie Cull's family as a christening present in 1941 and is one of the only surviving pets who lived on the island during the war.
Harvard and Hurricane take to the skiespublished at 14:54 British Summer Time 9 May
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A Harvard and a Hurricane have taken to the skies over Guernsey.
The Harvard was first built in 1942 and was one of the Allies' most important training planes.
Historian Chris Oliver said the hurricane was the backbone of the Royal Air Force during World War Two.
"That one is the last remaining flying hurricane from the Battle of Britain.
"She shot down a load of German aircraft during the Battle of Britain - she was shot down herself, found in a shed, rebuilt and restored to a flying condition."
The pair are due to make two laps of the island's coast.
'Echo in our eternity'published at 14:34 British Summer Time 9 May
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Image source, The Government of Jersey
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St Martin Constable Karen Shenton Stone gave a speech this morning in Liberation Square
St Martin Constable Karen Shenton Stone gave a speech this morning in Liberation Square, speaking about her relatives' Occupation experiences.
She said: "I am of the generation whose parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, experienced life constrained by an alien and occupying force.
"A life where liberty, freedom, and democracy were not tolerated.
"Like all islanders of these generations, it instilled a fundamental commitment to uphold these values, and empathy for your neighbour, for your community."
Shenton Stone said history must not be taken for granted.
"Let this island forever be known for its democracy and inclusion, its freedom and community, if it makes us an exception - then so be it.
"Where others may forget, let these five years echo in our eternity, because we must never return to the dark days of the Occupation."