The Greater Manchester area partying like it's 1945 with 20 VE Day street parties

It's an important milestone

Manchester will party like it’s 1945 in early May, as 20 roads host street parties.

The get-togethers will be held on May 5 to mark VE Day. Also called Victory In Europe Day, it celebrates the day Allied forces accepted Germany’s surrender in the Second World War on May 8.

This year is an important milestone, with it being 80 years since World War II finished on the continent.

To mark the occasion, communities across the UK have been urged to come together and hold street parties on May 5, much like those seen after the war.

Greater Manchester MP and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said this year’s anniversary offers ‘important opportunities for communities to come together’, which will kick off with a military procession in central London from Whitehall to Buckingham Palace on the May 5 bank holiday.

Other events include national landmarks will be lit up to mark the occasion, and the Cenotaph will be draped in Union flags for the first time since it was unveiled by King George IV in 1920.

An installation of 30,000 ceramic poppies will be displayed in the Tower of London, which was bombed during the Blitz.

In Manchester, the council received 27 applications to close roads for a VE Day street party, with full details now confirmed for 20.

Two areas — Didsbury and Gorton — are set to host four apiece, with Mancs celebrating right across the city from Wythenshawe in the south, to Charlestown in the north.

A full list of the roads set to be closed on May 5 is below:

• Woodford Gardens cul-de-sac, Didsbury, M20 2TF
• Bampton Road, Wythenshawe, M22 1NH
• 2-22 Morville Road, Whalley Range, M21 0UR
• 12 Victoria Road, Northenden, M22 4JP
• 39-50 Lavister Avenue, Burnage, M19 1RT
• 10-15 Mayville Drive, Didsbury, M20 3RB
• Dartmouth Road, Chorlton, M21 8XJ
• Beaumont Road, Chorlton, M21 8BR
• 21 Houseman Crescent, Didsbury, M20 2JD
• Crombie Avenue, Wythenshawe, M22 4SG
• 10 Gawsworth Avenue, Didsbury, M20 5NF
• Jessop Street, Gorton, M18 8TZ
• Old Hall Lane, Fallowfield, M14 6HL
• Keeping It Real 24/7, 105 Princess Road, Moss Side, M14 4RB
• Violet Street, Abbey Hey, M18 8TN
• Sir Gerald Kaufman Close, Gorton, M18 7DW
• Acomb Street, Rusholme, M14 4DH
• Willow Grove, Gorton, M18 7FG
• Parkstead Drive, Harpurhey, M9 5QF
• Whitecar Avenue, Charlestown, M40 3GW.